Where does “Ruwanda” come from?

Ruwanda (Yoruba) comes from English rwanda, from Rwanda-Rundi u Rwanda, from Rwanda-Rundi anda — to expand.

Ancestry of “Ruwanda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrwandaThe standardized dialect of the Bantu language Rwanda-Rundi spoken in Rwanda
2Rwanda-Rundiu Rwanda—
3Rwanda-Rundiandato expand
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