Tanzania

//ˌtɐn.zɐnˈjɐ// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A country in East Africa. Official name: United Republic of Tanzania.

    "Users can see how a glacier at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania retreated between December 1986 and 2020, as well as glacial melt in Sermersooq, Greenland, between December 2000 and 2020."

Etymology

Blend of Tanganyika + Zanzibar + -ia, combining the names of the former countries that merged to form Tanzania in 1964.

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