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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.
Source: wiktionary
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[…]
Source: wiktionary
[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.
Source: wiktionary
Next after the Victoria we may mention the two other great Nyanzas of the same region, but lying to the west.
Source: wiktionary
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Closest matches include cistern, dam, dike, fishpond, lagoon.
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