burundi

1. 1.

   a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika

   SynonymsRepublic of Burundi

   BroaderAfrican country

   Part ofAfricaEast Africa

   PartsBujumbura

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of Burundi or its people

   “the Burundi capital”

   SynonymsBurundian

Other forms of burundi

plural

burundis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about burundi

What does burundi mean?

burundi means "a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in burundi?

burundi has 3 syllables: bu-run-di. The stress falls on "run". In IPA it is /bɚˈʌndi/.

What is another word for burundi?

Close synonyms include Republic of Burundi, Burundian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is burundi a common word?

burundi is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.