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nyanza

nyanza noun: a lake (in Africa).

Noun

nyanza (plural nyanzas)

  1. (capitalized, usually) A lake (in Africa).
    • Burton was laid aside by sickness and his companion, hearing of another "nyanza," pushed northward and on August 3, 1858, stood upon the shores of a lake which he named Victoria, feeling sure that the nyanza at his feet gave birth to the Nile.1884, John Walters Childebert, The Golden Treasure: Or a World of Knowledge, page 322
    • The Victoria and Albert Nyanzas are in the Equatorial provinces which lie east of Congo Free State, but between these lakes and Congo Free State lie lands under the authority or "influence" of the British East African Company, with not very definite[…]1903, Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer, Europe in Africa in the Nineteenth Century, page 123

Examples of nyanza in a sentence

  • [He found a] large nyanza (lake), which he rightly conceived to be the head reservoir of the White Nile, and which in honour of the queen of England he named Victoria Nyanza.1911, The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Mun-Oddfellows, page 698:
  • Next after the Victoria we may mention the two other great Nyanzas of the same region, but lying to the west.1916, John Clark Ridpath, With the World's People: An Account of the Ethnic Origin, Primitive Estate, Early Migrations, Social Evolution...
  • In 1864 Samuel Baker reached a large lake north-west of Speke's Victoria Nyanza, the Luta Nzige, which he renamed Lake Albert.2011 October 6, Tim Jeal, Stanley: Africa's Greatest Explorer, Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 11:

Forms of nyanza

pluralnyanzas

Origin of nyanza

Borrowed from Shona nyanzá (“lake”).

Questions about nyanza

What does nyanza mean?
Nyanza means a lake (in Africa).
How do you use nyanza in a sentence?
[He found a] large nyanza (lake), which he rightly conceived to be the head reservoir of the White Nile, and which in honour of the queen of England he named Victoria Nyanza.
What part of speech is nyanza?
Nyanza is a noun.
What is the plural of nyanza?
The plural of nyanza is nyanzas.

Words near nyanza in the dictionary

  1. Nyangumarta
  2. Nyanja
  3. Nyankole
  4. nyansook
  5. nyansooks
  6. nyanza
  7. nyanzas
  8. Nyanzi
  9. nyao
  10. nyaope
  11. nyaopes

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