Kigali

[ kee-gah-lee ]

noun

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

Kigali

/ kɪˈɡɑːlɪ /

noun

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

Example Sentences

A very small percentage the refugees I grew up with had the means to continue their education outside of the camp, and only a few of us were able to attend university in Kigali.

From Time

Earlier this year, the United States belatedly signed the 2016 Kigali amendment, which extends the Montreal Protocol to almost entirely phase out HFCs over the next 30 years.

From Vox

The next time the family heard from him was from a prison in Kigali, arrested on charges of terrorism.

From Washington Post

It was the first time she had pictures in her mind of Kigali, the massacre, the brutality.

From Washington Post

It’s told through the story of Rusesabagina, the manager of a four-star hotel in the Rwandan capital of Kigali, who sheltered about 1,200 people behind the hotel’s walls while at least 800,000 were massacred across the nation.

From Washington Post

She had left on a 2.5-hour trip for the capital of Kigali the night before war broke out.

From The Daily Beast

“We are no longer crying,” said Hubert Kiteretse, a Kigali resident, who has attended the ceremonies every year.

From The Daily Beast

Pursued for being a Tutsi, she took refuge with three different families, who hid her in the capital of Kigali.

From The Daily Beast

A police spokesman said that Favaro had bought the skulls for around $30, according to the Kigali Post.

From The Daily Beast

“Anything can happen to you when you try to write the truth,” he told me in Kigali last week.

From The Daily Beast