Kinyarwanda
umudugudu
Word parts: umu-dugudu
oo-moo-doo-GOO-doo
How to say it
Kinyarwandaumuduguduoo-moo-doo-GOO-doosoon
Englishcitysoon
Frenchgrande villesoon
Meaning
a small rural settlement or village, the smallest administrative unit in Rwanda's local government structure.
Good to know
not a city; umudugudu is the village level below akagari in Rwanda's administrative hierarchy.
Examples
- Dutuye mu mudugudu muto.We live in a small village.
- Umudugudu wacu ufite abaturage magana abiri.Our village has two hundred residents.
- Ese umudugudu wanyu uri kure y'umujyi?Is your village far from the city?
- Abaturage b'umudugudu bateraniye mu nama.The village residents gathered for a meeting.
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