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Country name Uganda, in 35 editions.
The entry for Uganda published Country name in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 9 editions. Each is shown as published. Country name in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 9
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Long-form name” (1990 to 1992), “Names” (1993 to 1995), “Name of country” (1996) and “Country name” (1997 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 3 editions, 1990 to 1992.
Published as “Long-form name”
Republic of Uganda
Republic of Uganda
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Uganda
- conventional short form:
- Uganda
conventional long form:
Republic of Uganda
conventional short form: Uganda
The entry for Uganda did not include Country name.
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Uganda
- conventional short form:
- Uganda
conventional long form:
conventional short form: Uganda
Published as “Name of country”
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Uganda
- conventional short form:
- Uganda
conventional long form: Republic of Uganda
conventional short form: Uganda
The same text in 4 editions, 1997 to 2000.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Uganda
- conventional short form:
- Uganda
conventional long form: Republic of Uganda
conventional short form: Uganda
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Uganda conventional short form: Uganda
conventional long form: Republic of Uganda
The same text in 7 editions, 2002 to 2008.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Uganda
- conventional short form:
- Uganda
conventional long form: Republic of Uganda
conventional short form: Uganda
The same text in 6 editions, 2009 to 2014.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Uganda
- conventional short form:
- Uganda
conventional long form:
Republic of Uganda
conventional short form:
Uganda
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Uganda
- conventional short form:
- Uganda
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
The same text in 2016 and 2017.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Uganda
- conventional short form:
- Uganda
- etymology:
- from the Swahili "Buganda," adopted by the British as the name for their East African colony in 1894;
- Buganda had been a powerful East African state during the 18th and 19th centuries
Rewritten: too little of the 2015 text remains to mark the changes.
conventional long form: Republic of Uganda
conventional short form: Uganda
etymology: from the Swahili "Buganda," adopted by the British as the name for their East African colony in 1894; Buganda had been a powerful East African state during the 18th and 19th centuries
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Uganda
- conventional short form:
- Uganda
- etymology:
- from the name "Buganda," adopted by the British as the designation for their East African colony in 1894;
- Buganda had been a powerful East African state during the 18th and 19th centuries
conventional long form: Republic of Uganda
conventional short form: Uganda
etymology: from the Swahili name "Buganda," adopted by the British as the name designation for their East African colony in 1894; Buganda had been a powerful East African state during the 18th and 19th centuries
- conventional long form:
- Republic of Uganda
- conventional short form:
- Uganda
- etymology:
- the name is derived from the Swahili word u , meaning "land" or "country," and the Ganda people; the origin of the Ganda name is unclear
conventional long form: Republic of Uganda
conventional short form: Uganda
etymology: from the name "Buganda," adopted by is derived from the British as Swahili word u , meaning "land" or "country," and the designation for their East African colony in 1894; Buganda had been a powerful East African state during Ganda people; the 18th and 19th centuries origin of the Ganda name is unclear
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Uganda: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/uganda/country-name.