ibishanga

How to say it

Meaning

low-lying, permanently wet ground overgrown with reeds or grasses; marshes or swamps.

Good to know

plural of igishanga (ibi-/igi- class).

Examples

• Ibishanga byo mu Rwanda birimo ibinyabuzima byinshi.Rwanda's marshes contain many living creatures.
• Ibishanga ni ho bahingira mu gihe cy'izuba?Is it in the marshes that they farm during the dry season?
• Ibishanga ntibisigaye biteye ubwoba nk'uko byahoze.There are no marshes left as dangerous as they used to be.
• Guverinoma izahindura ibishanga bimwe kuba imirima.The government will turn some marshes into farmland.

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