Luganda

Luganda

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːˈɡændə/, /luːˈɡɑːndə/

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Etymology 1

Luganda Oluganda (“Luganda”)

Proper noun

Luganda

1. A Bantu language spoken mostly in Uganda.

   Synonym: Ganda

Translations

language

Chinese: Mandarin: 盧干達語／卢干达语 (zh) Dutch: Luganda (nl) Finnish: ganda (fi) German: Luganda (de) n Hungarian: ganda (hu) Luganda: Oluganda Portuguese: luganda (pt) Russian: луганда (ru) (luganda) Rwanda-Rundi: Ikiganda Swahili: Kiganda Turkish: Luganda dili (tr)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Luganda terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code lg, ISO 639-3 code lug (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Luganda, lug ⁠

Etymology 2

Portmanteau of Ukrainian Луга́нськ (Luhánsʹk) or Russian Луганск (Lugansk) + Uganda. Alternatively borrowed from either of the two languages and coined there similarly.

Proper noun

Luganda

1. (derogatory, Internet) Luhansk, in particular the mostly unrecognised Luhansk People's Republic.
   • 2019, Lorella Viola, Andreas Musolff, Migration and Media: Discourses about identities in crisis, →ISBN, Chapter 11, page 285:

     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".

   Coordinate term: Donbabwe

Derived terms

• Lugandan

References

• Erin Coyne, Igor Fisun (2017) What They Didn't Teach You in Russian Class: Slang Phrases for the Cafe, Club, Bar, Bedroom, Ball Game and More, →ISBN