Explore Jinja through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like city or metropolis. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Jinja in a sentence
Jinja meaning
A Shinto place of worship.
Synonyms of Jinja
Using Jinja
- The main meaning on this page is: A Shinto place of worship.
- Useful related words include: city, metropolis, urban center.
- In the example corpus, jinja often appears in combinations such as: in jinja, jinja road, jinja district.
Context around Jinja
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Jinja
- In this selection, "jinja" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, crescent, kirinya, kamikura, road, district and city stand out and add context to how "jinja" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at kirinya jinja ss now and basin itsukushima jinja any person. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "jinja" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with jinja
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
By Monday morning, Police were seen patrolling the streets of Jinja City. (12 words)
On Jinja Road, traffic officers on Wednesday allegedly impounded an empty pickup. (12 words)
The challenge is that they keep coming back from Karamoja, Mbale and Jinja. (13 words)
On Tuesday, Mr Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, the National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate, called off his campaign to seek answers from the EC after his vehicle was sprayed with bullets and tear gas as he was campaigning in Jinja District. (41 words)
In their first stopover, the Members of Parliament interacted with Jinja district leadership, before touring Mpambwa Health Centre III which was recently rehabilitated and equipped by Ministry of Health at Shs1.6 billion. (33 words)
In a similar story, a flare of dramatic scenes was witnessed at a local church in Jinja after a woman disrupted a well-organised wedding of a man she claimed was her husband. (33 words)
Example sentences (19)
The man's body was found in a residential house on Plot 76, Muvule Crescent, Jinja Central Division in Jinja Municipality, on Thursday.
In their first stopover, the Members of Parliament interacted with Jinja district leadership, before touring Mpambwa Health Centre III which was recently rehabilitated and equipped by Ministry of Health at Shs1.6 billion.
Manager of eco-refill shop Lemon and Jinja, Sophie Roe, said: “It was a lovely event and so good to meet the other winners of their categories.
Addressing Media at Njuumuwe Restaurant in Jinja City on Wednesday morning, the Njeru based Christian Mission Church lead Pastor Lubega castigated Ssenyonga for meddling into the deceased’s affairs beyond his mandate.
A job search landed him at Kirinya-Jinja SS (now Busoga United) where he did not last.
Another journalist, Mr Sam Balikowa of City FM and Nile TV in Jinja was arrested while covering the arrest of Bobi Wine.
By Monday morning, Police were seen patrolling the streets of Jinja City.
In a similar story, a flare of dramatic scenes was witnessed at a local church in Jinja after a woman disrupted a well-organised wedding of a man she claimed was her husband.
On Jinja Road, traffic officers on Wednesday allegedly impounded an empty pickup.
On Tuesday, Mr Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, the National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate, called off his campaign to seek answers from the EC after his vehicle was sprayed with bullets and tear gas as he was campaigning in Jinja District.
I am a Musoga born in Jinja but I grew up in Bweyogerere with my aunt who paid for my education because my parents were too poor to afford it.
The challenge is that they keep coming back from Karamoja, Mbale and Jinja.
The flyover project will be executed in phases; phase 2 will be on Jinja Road near the Centenary Park and Wampewo Roundabout.
However, he was picked up last evening and locked up at Jinja road police station before he could avail himself.
Originally, Hayatama was sited halfway up nearby Mount Gongen, where its parent shrine, Kamikura jinja, remains.
Obote moved the army headquarters approximately 54 miles (87 km) from Jinja to Kampala.
On 22 January 1964, soldiers of the 1st Battalion in Jinja mutinied to press their demands for a pay raise and a Ugandan officer corps.
Practices Omairi Temizu Basin—Itsukushima Jinja Any person may visit a shrine and one need not be Shinto to do this.
The source of Nile from the underwater spring at the neck of Lake Victoria, Jinja.
Common combinations with jinja
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in jinja 8×
- jinja road 3×
- jinja district 2×
- and jinja 2×
- jinja city 2×
- on jinja 2×