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Ugandan

Ugandan

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A person who comes from or lives in Uganda
  • proper noun
  • /juˈɡændən/
translation icon : ugandés
  • - Have you forgotten that I'm Ugandan?
  • many Ugandans
  • thousands of Ugandans
  • young Ugandans

Examples

  • There seemed little doubt that this would in some way come through direct taxation of Ugandans.

    Academic text (2006)
  • We Ugandans, we like to help friends, so the Ugandans have got together and saved three tons of food and vegetables for their friends in England.

  • We Ugandans must be more proud of this history.

  • We would like Ugandans to take charge of this campaign for now.

    Blog text (32)
  • We've got 15 Kenyans, seven Americans, six Ugandans.

  • Some Ugandans attributed their suffering to a new affliction: "the rupee disease."

    Academic text (2006)
  • The roaring gave way to a mechanical grinding, and the Ugandans began to clap and cheer.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Makerere's teaching staff was decimated as virtually all of its expatriates, as well as many Ugandans, fled the country.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Coming at a time when structural adjustment has forced layoffs of 10,000 civil service and private sector workers, many Ugandans believe privatization will only exacerbate unemployment further.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Have you forgotten that I'm Ugandan?

Synonyms

African
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A person from the continent of Africa

is specific to one country in the eastern region, not the 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 main

Morphology

Ugandan = Uganda (transparent) = Uganda + an

The proper-name plus the demonymic/adjectival suffix '-an' yields the meaning directly.

Etymology

Ugandan as a proper name comes from Uganda, named after the Ganda people of the kingdom 'Buganda'. Used this way, Ugandan means 'from' or 'about Uganda'.