Rwandan

adjective

Rwan·dan rü-ˈän-dən

variants or less commonly Rwandese

ru̇-ˌän-ˈdēz

-ˈdēs

: of, relating to, or characteristic of Rwanda or its people

Rwandan noun

or less commonly Rwandese

plural Rwandans also Rwandese

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1960, in the meaning defined above

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