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RUANDA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony
Synonyms:
Ruanda; Rwanda; Rwandese Republic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Ruanda"):
capital of Rwanda; Kigali (the national capital and largest city of Rwanda; located in central Rwanda)
Kivu; Lake Kivu (a lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda)
Meronyms (members of "Ruanda"):
Hutu (a member of a Bantu people living in Rwanda and Burundi)
Tutsi; Watusi; Watutsi (a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi)
Rwandan (a native or inhabitant of Rwanda)
Domain member region:
ALIR; Army for the Liberation of Rwanda; FAR; Former Armed Forces; Interahamwe (a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again)
Holonyms ("Ruanda" is a part of...):
East Africa (a geographical area in eastern Africa)
Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)
