nyanza

[ nee-an-zuh, nahy- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

nyanza

/ ˈnjænzə; nɪˈænzə /

Origin of nyanza¹

< a Bantu language of the region; compare Shona nyanza lake, sea

Origin of nyanza¹

from Bantu

The country bordering Victoria Nyanza is typically tropical; the rainfall exceeds 60 in.

Stanley went right across the centre of the continent, and discovered the lake Albert Edward Nyanza.

Victoria Nyanza, so called after Queen Victoria, had been discovered some years before.

The country at this point stretched before him in one vast plain, which some of the natives said extended clear to Nyanza.

Its altitude is three thousand seven hundred and seventy-five feet above the sea and but a few feet above Victoria Nyanza.

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