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Nyanza

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Noun
  1. 1
    A lake (in Africa). capitalized, usually

    "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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Shona nyanzá (“lake”).

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