Tanganyika

English

Etymology

After Lake Tanganyika, from Swahili tanga (“sail”) and nyika (“uninhabited plain, wilderness”), creating the phrase "sail in the wilderness".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tæŋɡənˈjiːkə/, /tæŋɡəˈniːkə/

Proper noun

Tanganyika

  1. A large lake in Central Africa, between Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.
  2. A former British mandate and territory and, between 1961 and 1964, an independent country in East Africa.

Derived terms

Translations

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Proper noun

Tanganyika

  1. Tanganyika (a lake eastern Africa)
  2. (historical) Tanganyika (colonial possession and later country)
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