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Kigali

American  
[kee-gah-lee] / kiˈgɑ li /

noun

  1. a town in and the capital of Rwanda, in the central part.


Kigali British  
/ kɪˈɡɑːlɪ /

noun

  1. the capital of Rwanda, in the central part. Pop: 782 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Britain and Rwanda cross swords at an international court from Wednesday, with Kigali seeking more than £100 million it says London still owes from a scrapped deal to deport migrants.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Outmatched on the ground by the better-equipped M23 and Rwandan troops, Kinshasa's forces have relied in part on US pressure on Kigali to stabilise the front line, regional specialists and security sources told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

The Kigali course was a brutal loop that offered little chance to recuperate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

In Kigali it was hard to miss the contrast between European teams with their sleek $15,000 bikes and African teams making do with older, mismatched equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

We picked a UN refugee camp near Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, where many of my people have been displaced due to conflict in Congo.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

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