kaminuza

How to say it

Meaning

A school of higher learning where students study for degrees after secondary school. It also names a particular institution, as in Kaminuza y'u Rwanda, the University of Rwanda.

Good to know

The same in the plural (n class): kaminuza nyinshi, many universities. To study at university is kwiga muri kaminuza, and a university student is umunyeshuri wa kaminuza.

Examples

• Mukuru wanjye yarangije kaminuza umwaka ushize.My older brother finished university last year.
• Ndashaka kwiga ubuvuzi muri kaminuza.I want to study medicine at university.
• Iyi kaminuza ifite abanyeshuri ibihumbi icumi.This university has ten thousand students.