| 单词 |
Rwanda |
| 释义 |
Rwanda|ˈrwændə, ruːˈændə|
Also Ruanda.
a. A Bantu language of East Africa.
b. An East African people; the inhabitants of the country of Rwanda.
c. An East African republic (founded 1961), formerly kingdom. Also attrib. Hence Rwandan n. and a., Rwanˈdese a.
1902H. H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate II. 969 Urunyaruanda is spoken in Ruanda, or Bunya-ruanda, south of Ankole... English, ant... Ruanda, entωzi. 1924Smith & Sharp Ruanda's Redemption 18 (heading) Receipts for Kigezi and Ruanda work 1920–23. Ibid. 22 The only literature in the Ruanda language is a translation of the four Gospels. 1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. 405 Homburger's classification [of Bantu languages] is as follows:..(2) Ruanda, north-east of Tanganyika. 1959Listener 29 Oct. 740/1 The Ruanda and Urundi of that trusteeship territory, the Belgian Congo, Uganda and Tanganyika. 1969J. C. King Evangelicals vii. 60 A similar tight-knit group within Church of England Evangelicalism is the Ruanda movement. This consists of people influenced by the East African revival movement, through the Ruanda Mission. 1973Times 11 Dec. (Zaire Suppl.) p. vii/9 On our return to Goma we passed a memorial to 23 wardens killed while defending the park against Zairian, Ugandan and Rwandese poachers. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VIII. 737/3 In 1969, an estimated 3,600,000 Rwanda occupied an area of roughly 10,000 square miles. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVI. 109/1 The first impression given by the Rwandan landscape is that it resembles an immense green park dominated by banana plantations. Ibid. 109/2 Traditionally, Rwandans believe in a supreme being called Imana. 1979Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Dec. 1560/1 We slowly came to appreciate the fabric of a Rwandan home, from the mud walls without to the complex and supportive family within. |
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