Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region and former kingdom of eastern Africa on the northern shore of Lake Victoria in present-day Uganda. It was a British protectorate from 1894 until 1962, when it joined independent Uganda.
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- noun a state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom
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Examples
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Burhan Ssebayigga of Makerere University’s department of religious studies said traditional beliefs, which are strong in Buganda, could be behind the current wave of ritualistic child murders.
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These countries should be called Buganda and Bunyoro, and their languages Luganda and Runyoro.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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Already, Uganda's population is 30 million of which Baganda don't even make up one third, and yet within the so-called Buganda the 'Baganda' are much less in fraction even if you were to add those who don't care about the cultural institution at Mengo.
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Indeed in this generation one of the greatest of all revolutions which has transformed not just this enclave called Buganda but the whole of Uganda have been the rural and urban setting with their economy, arts and letters and political spirit that have grown up, and with them broke the so-called beauty of country and archaic cultures.
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"They have a wide conspiracy of destroying everything that marks there was a great kingdom called Buganda, and this is one of them," loyalist Jemba Erisa told Reuters at the tombs.
European Tribune European Tribune 2010
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Kingdoms, such as Buganda, were restored in Uganda in 1993, but the powers of the kings and chiefs are ceremonial.
FSRN - Comments 2009
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For example, the King of the Baganda tribe rules over the Kingdom of Buganda.
Global Voices in English » Uganda: Nine Dead in Kampala Riots 2009
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And the anthem of the uprising, the Buganda anthem.
Global Voices in English » Uganda: Nine Dead in Kampala Riots 2009
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The district is part of the Kingdom of Buganda, but it is also home to many members of the Banyala ethnic group, many of whom would prefer to establish their own independent kingdom.
Global Voices in English » Uganda: Nine Dead in Kampala Riots 2009
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The Baganda people belong to the Kingdom of Buganda, * and they are the largest Ugandan ethnic group.
Global Voices in English » Uganda: Nine Dead in Kampala Riots 2009
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