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Tanganyika

noun

The longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley. Synonym: Lake Tanganyika.

A former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania.

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"Tanganyika" Quotes from Famous Books

... achievements almost rivalled those of Livingstone. Joseph Thomson, a native of Dumfriesshire, succeeded in 1879 to the command of an exploring party which sought to open up the country around the lakes of Nyassa and Tanganyika. Four years later, on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society, he undertook to examine the country behind Mombasa which was little better known than when Vasco da Gama first touched there. In this journey Thomson discovered two snow-capped mountains, ...

— The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) • John Holland Rose

... it carefully," says he. "That came from a beast I shot on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. It's the finest specimen of the kind in my whole collection. Throw it over your arm, you young scamp, and ...

— On With Torchy • Sewell Ford

Words linked to "Tanganyika" : United Republic of Tanzania, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region, geographical area, Africa, lake, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania