Ganda
/ˈɡæn.də/noun
A member of a Bantu-speaking people of central Uganda, or the language traditionally called Luganda.
Did you know?Ganda is closely connected with Buganda, the historic kingdom whose royal court preserved one of East Africa’s most influential literary and political traditions.
Etymological Timeline
Precolonial period
Luganda
Muganda
“A Ganda person; the singular form corresponding to the plural Baganda.”
Precolonial period
Luganda
Baganda
“The Ganda people; the plural ethnonym from which English Ganda was shortened.”
Precolonial period
Luganda
Buganda
“The kingdom or territory of the Ganda people.”
19th Century
English
Ganda
“An English ethnonym for the people of Buganda, also used for their language.”
Modern English
English
Ganda
“A member of the Ganda people or, in some reference works, the Ganda language.”