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Ugandan

Ugandan

3.4
A person from Uganda, a country in East Africa
  • noun
  • /juˈɡændən/
translation icon : ugandés
  • Many Ugandans rely on agriculture as their primary source of income.

Examples

  • But keep in mind that there are, how many is it millions of Ugandans who survive on less than a dollar per day.

  • So a lot of the clothes Americans were bigger typically than Ugandans and and they had different aesthetic.

  • Got sorry, he was a Ugandan minister.

  • During the event, I met several Ugandans who shared their cultural traditions.

  • The organization aims to improve the living conditions of Ugandans in rural areas.

Synonyms

African
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1.0

A person from Africa

is someone from a single country rather than a whole continent

Compounds

Traditional dishes and cooking styles from Uganda using local foods

The customs, beliefs, and everyday ways of people in Uganda

The money used in Uganda, equal to 100 cents

Surface Forms

Ugandan singular
Ugandans plural

Morphology

Ugandan = Uganda (transparent) = Uganda + an

The noun meaning is directly formed from the country name plus the productive demonymic suffix '-an'.

Etymology

Ugandan comes from the country name Uganda, which itself comes from Ganda, the name of a local people in the old kingdom 'Buganda'. The ending -an means 'from', so a Ugandan is a person 'from Uganda'.