Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria proper noun: the largest lake in Africa, with shoreline in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania; one of the African Great Lakes.
Proper noun
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Lake Victoria in Hindi
- African lake
- विक्टोरिया झील vikṭoriyā jhīl
Lake Victoria in Tamil
- African lake
- விக்டோரியா ஏரி vikṭōriyā ēri
Lake Victoria in Marathi
- African lake
- व्हिक्टोरिया सरोवर vhikṭoriyā sarovar
Lake Victoria in Bengali
- African lake
- ভিক্টোরিয়া হ্রদ bhikṭōriẏa hrod
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- Lake Victoria in Telugu
- విక్టోరియా సరస్సు vikṭōriyā sarassu
- Lake Victoria in Malayalam
- വിക്ടോറിയ തടാകം vikṭōṟiya taṭākaṁ
- Lake Victoria in Kannada
- ವಿಕ್ಟೋರಿಯಾ ಸರೋವರ vikṭōriyā sarōvara
- Lake Victoria in Punjabi
- ਵਿਕਟੋਰੀਆ ਝੀਲ vikṭorīā jhīl
- Lake Victoria in Gujarati
- વિક્ટોરિયા તળાવ vikṭoriyā taḷāv
- Lake Victoria in Tagalog
- Lawa ng Victoria
- Lake Victoria in Arabic
- بُحَيْرَة فِيكْتُورِيَا
- Lake Victoria in Malay
- Tasik Victoria
- Lake Victoria in Indonesian
- Danau Victoria
- Lake Victoria in Persian
- دریاچه ویکتوریا daryâče viktôriyâ
- Lake Victoria in Thai
- ทะเลสาบวิกตอเรีย tá-lee-sàap wík-dtɔɔ-riia
- Lake Victoria in Vietnamese
- hồ Victoria
- Lake Victoria in Myanmar
- ဝိတိုရိယအိုင် wi.tuiri.ya.uing
Synonyms of Lake Victoria
Origin of Lake Victoria
Named after Queen Victoria by the explorer John Hanning Speke, the first Briton to document it in 1858, while on an expedition with Richard Francis Burton.
Questions about Lake Victoria
- What does Lake Victoria mean?
- Lake Victoria means the largest lake in Africa, with shoreline in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania; one of the African Great Lakes.
- What is Lake Victoria in Hindi?
- Lake Victoria in Hindi is विक्टोरिया झील (vikṭoriyā jhīl). See Lake Victoria meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Lake Victoria?
- Lake Victoria is a proper noun.
Words near Lake Victoria in the dictionary
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