Tanganyika

/tæŋɡənˈjiːkə/ name

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  1. 1
    Synonym of Lake Tanganyika, a lake in Africa.
  2. 2
    A former British mandate and territory and, between 1961 and 1964, an independent country in East Africa which became most of Tanzania.
  3. 3
    A province (Tanganyika Province) in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Capital: Kalemie. It borders into the lake.

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british administered territorylake tanganyikatanganyika colonytanganyika laketanganyika mainlandterritory of tanganyika

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"They explored Lake Tanganyika in East Africa."

Etymology

After Lake Tanganyika, from Swahili changanyika (“to mix”) which might have meant where the water of the rivers mix.

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