Luganda

//luːˈɡændə// name

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the Bantu language of the Buganda people; spoken in Uganda wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Bantu language spoken mostly in Uganda.

    "Then it dawned on her. He did not know any Luganda. All along he had not understood a word she had said."

  2. 2
    Luhansk, in particular the mostly unrecognised Luhansk People's Republic. Internet, derogatory, humorous

    "A novel abusive word for a resident of Lugansk "Lugan-don/Lugansk-condom" can be explained as either an agglutination of the two words "Lugansk" + "condom" or as a reference to a mythological country "Luganda" whose name comprises component "Lugansk" and "Uganda"."

Synonyms

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gandagandaluganda language

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"Then it dawned on her. He did not know any Luganda. All along he had not understood a word she had said."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Luganda Oluganda (“Luganda”)

Etymology 2

Portmanteau of Ukrainian Луга́нськ (Luhánsʹk) or Russian Луганск (Lugansk) + Uganda. Alternatively borrowed directly from either Russian Луга́нда (Lugánda) or Ukrainian Луга́нда (Luhánda).

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