Ugandan

• (UK) IPA^(key): /juːˈɡændən/, /jʊ-/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /juˈɡændən/
• Hyphenation: Ugand‧an

From Uganda +‎ -an.

Ugandan (plural Ugandans)

1. A person from Uganda or of Ugandan descent.
   • 2024 July 22, Nimi Princewill, “Uganda’s President Museveni warns citizens they are ‘playing with fire’ over planned protests”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Many young Ugandans say on social media they plan to go ahead with the march to the country’s parliament despite the country’s police refusing to grant a permit for the protest.

• sub-Saharan, African

Ugandan (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Uganda, the Ugandan people or the Ugandan language.
   • 2024 July 22, Nimi Princewill, “Uganda’s President Museveni warns citizens they are ‘playing with fire’ over planned protests”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Some have also called for the speaker of the parliament, Anita Annet Among, to resign. She was among high-profile Ugandan politicians sanctioned by the United States and the United Kingdom for corruption earlier this year.

• Ugandan affairs
• Ugandan discussions
• Ugandan English
• Ugandan giraffe

Back-formation from Ugandan discussions.

Ugandan (not comparable)

1. (UK, informal, euphemistic) Sexual, highlights a double entendre.
   • 1975, Private Eye, numbers 340–366, page 161:

     Margaret, Duchess of Argyll...depicts this charming old gentleman, who often kisses young girls outside Annabel's, as a narrow-minded, boring Ugandan expert.

   • 1975, Private Eye, numbers 340–366, page 198:

     Eight ladies with Ugandan associations had ascended the fire escape and were making their way through his room.

   • 1998 August 19, Peter Dewhirst, “Dewey's Monday update for 3rd August.”, in rec.arts.tv.uk.coronation-st‎^[3] (Usenet):

     They have a bit of a 'how was it for you' session referring to the night and/or evening before, and we are left not knowing whether they enjoyed Ugandan Relations between the sheets or not.

   • 2000 January 25, Baz, “Any birds want a good seeing to?”, in uk.local.birmingham‎^[4] (Usenet):

     I'm in serious need of some ugandan activities. Any of you birds out there at a loose end and want to get the dirty water off your chest?

   • 2001, Gerald Seymour, The Untouchables, →ISBN, page 345:

     Serif's question: where is Mister? The Eagle's answer: engaged in Ugandan practices.

   • 2013 April 8, Lord Powell, “The Margaret Thatcher I knew”, in The Guardian‎^[5]:

     I recall her once snatching a copy of the hated Private Eye, in which I'd been reading about the Ugandan activities of a prominent member of her party.

   • 2015, Rotten Boroughs, “Going for the Burn”, in Private Eye, number 1407:

     Jones denied last week that he was in a Ugandan situation with Morris, but did say "I am very fond of anyone who helps me lose six and a half stone..."

• as the actress said to the bishop
• biblically
• in the biblical sense

• Dunagan

Ugandan

1. genitive singular of Uganda