Rwanda
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- proper noun
- /ruˈɑːndə/
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Ruanda
- This is a great day for Rwanda and for all of Africa.
- genocide in Rwanda
- Tutsi in Rwanda
- Rwanda in 1994
And you'll remember that this was all in the shadow of Rwanda and then Kosovo.
- And you'll remember that this was all in the shadow of Rwanda and then Kosovo.
- I'll give African examples, Rwanda and Ghana.
- And I had never been to Rwanda before.
- We can be just like the silverbacks up in Rwanda, right?
- In recent years, highly indebted African countries like Kenya, Egypt and Rwanda have issued samurai bonds.
- You know, it's funny, we often get emails or, or messages from places like Rwanda or from Kenya.
- I mean to to Westerners, Darfur, Rwanda.
- You know, we go back to Rwanda.
- A third one, Princess is a young girl in Rwanda.
- We're just told, you know, OK, we're going to send the refugees off to Rwanda.
- Again, all this euphoria while at the same time as carnage was going on in Rwanda.
- Many of these systems where people were murdered in the millions, Nazism, the Holocaust, Rwanda, Cambodia, I can go on and on.
- When we look back at Srebrenica or Rwanda, we wonder now why we didn't do more at the time.
- They're they're Hotel Rwanda is based on that, this idea that these folks were going to be murdered.
- So it sounds like this is a lower frequency chest beat from one of the gorillas that we study in Rwanda.
- And I asked him, what would you have wanted to see an American member of Congress say while you were a child fleeing Rwanda?
Examples
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The agriculturist Hutu they met had immigrated to Rwanda from central Africa several centuries earlier.
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This will enable Parliament to confirm that with our new treaty, Rwanda is safe.
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And I had never been to Rwanda before.
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Everybody wants to forget Rwanda now.
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The first stop is in neighboring Rwanda, Hotel Rwanda.
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Approximately 100 years ago, a fourth ethnic group arrived in Rwanda from central Europe.
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Today, thanks to the effort of the government and global cooperation, almost all children in Rwanda are vaccinated.
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As a result of these internal migrations, population densities in Rwanda became homogenized.
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In recent years, highly indebted African countries like Kenya, Egypt and Rwanda have issued samurai bonds.
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I went to Rwanda last summer to explore its beautiful landscapes and wildlife.
Synonyms
An older spelling of Rwanda, the country in central Africa
A former name for the country now called Rwanda
Compounds
- Offensive
A group of armed fighters who use violence to try to take control of Rwanda
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rwanda comes from the local language Kinyarwanda and originally meant the 'land' or 'home' of the Rwandan people. A helpful way to remember it is the country's famous phrase 'land of a thousand hills', so Rwanda simply names the country's land and its people.