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nyanzas

nyanzas is the plural of nyanza.

Meaning of nyanza

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

Questions about nyanzas

What is nyanzas the plural of?
Nyanzas is the plural of nyanza.

Words near nyanzas in the dictionary

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

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