uganda

Noun
  1. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa;
    Achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 (synset 109065527)
    domain member region: lord's resistance army - a quasi-religious rebel group in Uganda that terrorized and raped women and kidnapped children who were forced to serve in the army
    is an instance of: african country, african nation - any one of the countries occupying the African continent
    member holonym: ugandan - a native or inhabitant of Uganda
    has:
    • buganda - a state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom
    • entebbe - a town in southern Uganda on Lake Victoria; site of an international airport (where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers)
    • jinja - a city in Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria
    • gulu - a city in northern Uganda
    • lake edward - a lake in the Great Rift Valley between Congo and Uganda
    • nile, nile river - the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
    is a part of:
    • east africa - a geographical area in eastern Africa
    • africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
    same as: republic of uganda

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