Ruanda
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Ruandas,
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Ruanda
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a member of a people living in Rwanda and the E Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Also called Kinyarwanda. the Bantu language of the Ruandas, closely related to Rundi, spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and by virtually the entire population of Rwanda.
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Significant was the cordial approval of Queen Elizabeth which was manifested, last week, by inhabitants of Ruanda, Africa, a onetime German colony now held by Belgium under a League of Nations mandate.
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Above the blue waters of Lake Tan-ganyike the Batutsi sing a song: The Kings are the Eye of God By which He watches over Ruanda.
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Their feudal rule was especially intricate in Ruanda.
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The last thing they wanted was for Brussels to push through its new plan to set up elected parliaments in Ruanda and Urundi and turn the two territories into constitutional kingdoms.
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Direct north of Urundi is Ruanda; also a very large country.
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
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