Baganda

/bæˈɡɑːndə/ noun

The ethnic group and people of Buganda, a region in Uganda, or a member of this group.

From Buganda, the Bantu kingdom in what is now Uganda. The prefix 'ba-' is a Bantu plural marker meaning 'people of,' so Baganda literally means 'people of Buganda'.

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