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Kigali

Kigali

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The capital and largest city of Rwanda
  • proper noun
: Kigali
  • Many international organizations have their offices in Kigali, the largest city in Rwanda.
  • Kigali Genocide Memorial
  • Kigali government

Recent installations and photographic work include Ghost Guest host in Bangkok and student teacher in Kigali, Rwanda.

Examples

  • Tourists visiting Parc National des Volcans, about a ninety-minute drive from Kigali, pay $375 each to accompany a local guide who can track lowland gorillas for a day.

    Academic text (2006)

  • This is Emma Baker, Nightly News, Kigali.

    Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)

  • Not just here in Kigali, but all over the country.

    Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)

  • I was in a hotel for three weeks in Kigali.

    In My Country (2004)

  • Sorry, sir, but I have a call from Paul in Kigali.

    Hotel Rwanda (2004)

  • I sent a message from Kigali.

    Gorillas in the Mist (1988)

  • But there he was, walking back to his hotel in Kigali late one night in October 1994.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Ingabire, president of the FDU-Inkingi opposition party, was arrested in the capital, Kigali, on October 14, 2010.

    Blog text (26)

  • Here, a police officer patrols the street in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, on Aug. 10, 2010.

    Blog text (26)

  • I'm back in Kigali.

    Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)

Surface Forms

Kigali main

Etymology

Kigali comes from the local Kinyarwanda language, and one common idea is that it comes from a word meaning 'hill' or 'place on a hill', which fits because the city is built among many hills. So the name helps you remember Kigali as a high, hilly capital.