请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 Baganda
释义

Definition of Baganda in English:

Baganda

plural noun bəˈɡandəbəˈɡändə
  • An African people of the kingdom of Buganda, now forming part of Uganda.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Bishop of Uganda emphasised the need to appreciate ‘female chastity’ to save the Baganda from extinction.
    • A Muganda passes through the stages of omwana, omuvubuka, and omusajja or omukazi (man, woman).
    • The Kingdom of Buganda is the largest of the four kingdoms in the western region of Uganda.
    • The Kabaka is the ceremonial king of the Baganda and his lineage goes way back to the 14th century.
    • Having lost much of its functional role, however, today it is primarily a popular symbol of the cultural pride of the Baganda and their neighbors.
    • Kingdoms of the Baganda, Bunyoro, Toro, Ankole, and Busoga peoples emerged, and they remained strong from the fourteenth century until the nineteenth century.
    • The most prominent indigenous clothing is found in southern Uganda among the Baganda.
    • The Baganda, the largest ethnic group, account for about 17 percent of the population, or approximately 3.9 million people.
    • The Baganda have a proverb which, roughly translated, says, ‘A person who never travels always praises his own mother's cooking.’
    • Islam's ability to adapt to the local customs was an important factor in the Islamization of groups such as the Baganda of Uganda.
    • A substantial part of this essay on Christianity in Buganda (modern-day Uganda) is devoted to the martyrs.
adjective bəˈɡandəbəˈɡändə
  • Relating to the Baganda or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ssekandi told the Baganda youth to be grateful because the amended 1995 Constitution granted the country a legal status.
    • The history of the Buganda people is well handled in the opening chapters, with the emphasis, naturally, on the birth and growth of the Church.
    • The Buganda representatives from Luweero district proved that it is not only the old who understand the culture and particularly the kiganda dance.
    • Mrs Naka [the consultant] told us a story of how the Baganda [a dominant Bantu tribe] men of long ago would detect pregnancies they were not responsible for when their wives developed eclampsia in later pregnancies.
    • As Kampala is located in the heart of the kingdom of Buganda, once the most powerful of the four monarchies of southern Uganda, the majority of the artists at the School, including Kabiito, are Baganda.
    • In addition, the patrilineal dictates of Buganda culture meant that a widow was disconnected from the wider clan into which she married.
    • The British are also accused of giving land to Baganda absentee landlords as gifts.
    • Amadinda is a Hungarian ensemble but shares with the composer a strong interest in the African Baganda musical tradition.
    • Over the following centuries, the Buganda people created the dominant kingdom.
    • This was the fundamental principle of the Buganda culture: it provided the ethical basis for other principles.
    • They said it sought to introduce an elected Katikkiro (premier), which they claimed contradicted the Buganda culture.
    • This site in Kasubi is regarded as the major spiritual centre for the Buganda people.
    • Kings Trail allows those tourists who have money to visit numerous cultural sites, to enjoy Buganda music, dance and drama and buy handicrafts.
    • I don t think I will support it because the way Buganda people want it leaves the other regions in a disadvantaged state.
    • Fears that Baganda Christian converts were disloyal and were acting as spies, and that Europeans were poised to undermine the state, were much more important.

Origin

A local name; compare with Kiswahili Waganda, Ganda, Luganda, Muganda.

Rhymes

Amanda, Aranda, Banda, brander, candour (US candor), coriander, dander, expander, gander, germander, goosander, jacaranda, Leander, Luanda, Lysander, meander, memoranda, Menander, Miranda, oleander, panda, pander, pasanda, philander, propaganda, Rwanda, sander, Skanda, stander, Uganda, understander, Vanda, veranda, withstander, zander
 
 

Definition of Baganda in US English:

Baganda

plural nounbəˈɡändə
  • An African people of the kingdom of Buganda, now forming part of Uganda.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A Muganda passes through the stages of omwana, omuvubuka, and omusajja or omukazi (man, woman).
    • A substantial part of this essay on Christianity in Buganda (modern-day Uganda) is devoted to the martyrs.
    • Kingdoms of the Baganda, Bunyoro, Toro, Ankole, and Busoga peoples emerged, and they remained strong from the fourteenth century until the nineteenth century.
    • Islam's ability to adapt to the local customs was an important factor in the Islamization of groups such as the Baganda of Uganda.
    • The Baganda have a proverb which, roughly translated, says, ‘A person who never travels always praises his own mother's cooking.’
    • The Kingdom of Buganda is the largest of the four kingdoms in the western region of Uganda.
    • Having lost much of its functional role, however, today it is primarily a popular symbol of the cultural pride of the Baganda and their neighbors.
    • The Bishop of Uganda emphasised the need to appreciate ‘female chastity’ to save the Baganda from extinction.
    • The Kabaka is the ceremonial king of the Baganda and his lineage goes way back to the 14th century.
    • The Baganda, the largest ethnic group, account for about 17 percent of the population, or approximately 3.9 million people.
    • The most prominent indigenous clothing is found in southern Uganda among the Baganda.
adjectivebəˈɡändə
  • Relating to the Baganda or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They said it sought to introduce an elected Katikkiro (premier), which they claimed contradicted the Buganda culture.
    • Over the following centuries, the Buganda people created the dominant kingdom.
    • This site in Kasubi is regarded as the major spiritual centre for the Buganda people.
    • Fears that Baganda Christian converts were disloyal and were acting as spies, and that Europeans were poised to undermine the state, were much more important.
    • Mrs Naka [the consultant] told us a story of how the Baganda [a dominant Bantu tribe] men of long ago would detect pregnancies they were not responsible for when their wives developed eclampsia in later pregnancies.
    • Ssekandi told the Baganda youth to be grateful because the amended 1995 Constitution granted the country a legal status.
    • The history of the Buganda people is well handled in the opening chapters, with the emphasis, naturally, on the birth and growth of the Church.
    • Amadinda is a Hungarian ensemble but shares with the composer a strong interest in the African Baganda musical tradition.
    • This was the fundamental principle of the Buganda culture: it provided the ethical basis for other principles.
    • Kings Trail allows those tourists who have money to visit numerous cultural sites, to enjoy Buganda music, dance and drama and buy handicrafts.
    • In addition, the patrilineal dictates of Buganda culture meant that a widow was disconnected from the wider clan into which she married.
    • The Buganda representatives from Luweero district proved that it is not only the old who understand the culture and particularly the kiganda dance.
    • I don t think I will support it because the way Buganda people want it leaves the other regions in a disadvantaged state.
    • As Kampala is located in the heart of the kingdom of Buganda, once the most powerful of the four monarchies of southern Uganda, the majority of the artists at the School, including Kabiito, are Baganda.
    • The British are also accused of giving land to Baganda absentee landlords as gifts.

Origin

A local name; compare with Kiswahili Waganda, Ganda, Luganda, Muganda.

 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 8:13:35