Kavirondo

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rdf:langString Kavirondoje dřívější název regionu obklopujícíhozáliv Kavirondo (nyní Winamský záliv), stejně jako dvou domorodých národů žijících tam pod režimem Britské východní Afriky ("Nilotské Kavirondo" a "Bantu"Kavirondo"). Obecně to bylo definováno jako ti, kteří žili v údolí řekyNzoia, na západních svazíchhory Elgona podél severovýchodního pobřežíVictoria Nyanza. Suggested etymologies of the name "Kavirondo" include * From local young warriors, armed with spears, bows, arrows, & clubs, who were observed to sit on their heels, which in Swahili is kaa virondo. Thus the region became Kavirondo, the inhabitants pejoratively called wa-Kavirondo: “people who sit on their heels” * From kaba-londo: In Buganda two unusual words related to royalty were combined, kabaka, the king & namu-londo, the stool used as throne on which the king is crowned. (Both putative origins may be doubtful). A more plausible etymological origin of the name Kavirondo, is from the Kalenjin language "Kap-Kirondo" meaning "The place of Reeds" denoting the reeds by the Lake Victoria. Historian Alfred T. Matson explains in fair detail the obscure origins of the name and its first usage at the dawn of British rule in East Africa.