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nyanza
[ nee-an-zuh, nahy- ]
noun
- (in central and East Africa) a large body of water, especially a lake.
nyanza
/ ˈnjænzə; nɪˈænzə /
noun
- capital when part of a name (in E Africa) a lake
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Origin of nyanza1
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Origin of nyanza1
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Example Sentences
The country bordering Victoria Nyanza is typically tropical; the rainfall exceeds 60 in.
Stanley went right across the centre of the continent, and discovered the lake Albert Edward Nyanza.
Victoria Nyanza, so called after Queen Victoria, had been discovered some years before.
The country at this point stretched before him in one vast plain, which some of the natives said extended clear to Nyanza.
Its altitude is three thousand seven hundred and seventy-five feet above the sea and but a few feet above Victoria Nyanza.
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