Africa

L'Ouganda

Uganda

masculine

Going there, being there

en Ouganda

Coming from

d'Ouganda

Why

L'Ouganda is masculine, but it starts with a vowel: French says en and not au, which gives en Ouganda.

The people

un Ougandais, une Ougandaise

Official languages

anglais, swahili

Capital

Kampala

Example

Le Nil sort du lac Victoria en Ouganda.

The Nile leaves Lake Victoria in Uganda.

Worth knowing

Masculine, and yet en Ouganda: the initial ou is a vowel, so French prefers en, as in en Ouzbékistan.

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