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单词 baganda
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Bagandan.adj.

Brit. /bəˈɡandə/, U.S. /bəˈɡɑndə/, /bəˈɡændə/, East African English /baˈɡanda/
Forms: 1800s– Ba-ganda, 1800s– Ba-Ganda, 1800s– Baganda.
Origin: A borrowing from Luganda. Etymon: Luganda (a)Baganda.
Etymology: < Luganda (a)Baganda < (a)ba- , plural class prefix + -ganda Ganda n. Compare earlier Muganda n.Originally a plural form, but also used as a singular form in English (sometimes with a secondary plural form in -s ). In Luganda, the singular is (o)Muganda Ganda person (see Muganda n.).
A. n.
A member of a Bantu-speaking people of Buganda, the largest of the traditional kingdoms in East Africa, now in central Uganda. Cf. Muganda n.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > other peoples
Galla1625
Afar1845
Nyasa1848
Kikuyu1849
Barotse1851
Makololo1853
Oromo1868
Baganda1872
Acholi1874
Makonde1883
Kamba1885
Luo1886
Ogoni1888
Turkana1894
Lango1902
Sebei1902
Suk1902
Wanderobo1902
Sapiny1909
Sandawe1924
Kipsigis1931
Pokot1937
1872 D. Livingstone Jrnl. 21 Mar. in Last Jrnls. (1874) II. vii. 175 The Baganda are..black, with a tinge of copper-colour.
1916 Dial 28 Dec. 575/1 Uganda is a country where a Baganda dwells, and..a Baganda is one of many Waganda, who talk Luganda.
2013 New Vision (Kampala) (Nexis) 3 Aug. Today we are at Lubiri Palace in Mengo..and the spotlight is..on..an event seen by many Baganda as one of the most special days in their dynasty's existence.
B. adj.
Of, belonging to, or relating to the Baganda.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > other peoples
Galla1710
Afar1845
Makololo1857
Baganda1872
Acholi1874
Makonde1876
Ogoni1888
Oromo1890
Turkana1894
Lango1902
Sebei1902
Suk1902
Luo1909
Sandawe1925
Wanderobo1935
Pokot1951
1872 D. Livingstone Jrnl. 31 Aug. in Last Jrnls. (1874) II. ix. 232 The Baganda boy Kassa was followed to Gunda, and I delivered him to his countrymen.
1933 Mariner's Mirror 19 149 The magnificent Baganda canoe with its upturned false prow.
2019 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 25 Feb. I am proud of my roots. That kind of confidence is what I want my children to have growing up in the Diaspora, because they are still African, Ugandan and Baganda.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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