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JINJA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Jinja mean?
• JINJA (noun)
The noun JINJA has 1 sense:
1. a city in Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria
Familiarity information: JINJA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Jinja" is a part of...):
Republic of Uganda; Uganda (a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962)
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