Kigali

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɪˈɡɑːli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈɡɑli/

Proper noun

Kigali

2. The capital city of Rwanda.
   • 2021 April 13, Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, “The gleaming city that emerged from turmoil in the heart of Africa”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The importance of cows in Kigali is on show at the King’s Palace Museum, which is home to a herd of long horned Inyambo cattle.

   • 2025 May 5, “Rwanda in talks to receive migrants deported from US, foreign minister says”, in Reuters‎^[2]:

     The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) warned there was a risk some migrants sent to Rwanda could be returned to countries from which they had fled. Kigali denied the allegations and accused UNHCR of lying.

3. (metonymic) The Rwandan government.

Translations

capital of Rwanda

• Afrikaans: Kigali
• Arabic: كِيغَالِي m (kiḡālī), كِيجَالِي m (kigālī)
• Armenian: Կիգալի (hy) (Kigali)
• Asturian: Kigali (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Kiqali
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基加利 (zh) (Jījiālì)

• Czech: Kigali n
• Danish: Kigali
• Esperanto: Kigalo (eo)
• French: Kigali (fr)
• Georgian: კიგალი (ka) (ḳigali)
• Hebrew: קיגאלי (kigali)
• Japanese: キガリ (ja) (Kigari)
• Khmer: គីហ្កាលី (km) (kiigaalii)
• Korean: 키갈리 (Kigalli)
• Macedonian: Кига́ли n (Kigáli)
• Polish: Kigali (pl) n
• Portuguese: Kigali (pt) f
• Russian: Кига́ли (ru) m (Kigáli)
• Rwanda-Rundi: Kigali
• Sinhalese: කිගාලි (kigāli)
• Spanish: Kigali (es)
• Tamil: கிகாலி (kikāli)
• Thai: คิกาลี (kigaalii)
• Ukrainian: Кіга́лі n (Kiháli)
• Vietnamese: Ki-ga-li

Anagrams

• Gilaki

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Kigali

1. Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda)

Derived terms

• Kigaliër
• Kigalies

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪɡalɪ]

Proper noun

Kigali n (indeclinable, relational adjective kigalský)

1. Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda)

Further reading

• “Kigali”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ɡa.li/

Proper noun

Kigali ?

2. Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda).

Derived terms

• Kigalien
• kigalien
• Kigalois
• kigalois

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈɡa.li/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: Ki‧ga‧li

Proper noun

Kigali n (indeclinable, related adjective kigalijski)

1. Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda)

Derived terms

nouns

• kigalijczyk
• kigalijka

References

• “Kigali”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Quigali (rare)

Proper noun

Kigali f

1. Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda)

Rwanda-Rundi

Proper noun

Kigalí class 9 (Rwanda); Kigáli class 9 (Rundi)

1. Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiɡaʎi/, (high register) [ˈkiɡaʎi], (common) [ˈkiɡali]
• Rhymes: -aʎi
• Hyphenation: Ki‧ga‧li

Proper noun

Kigali n

1. Kigali (the capital of Rwanda)

References

• “Kigali”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈɡali/ [kiˈɣ̞a.li]
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: Ki‧ga‧li

Proper noun

Kigali ?

1. Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda)