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Ngami

American  
[ng-gah-mee] / ŋˈgɑ mi /

noun

  1. Lake, a shallow marshy lake in NW Botswana, N of the Kalahari desert. About 40 miles (64 km) long.


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Those plaintiffs are the families of 24-year-old Samya Rose Stumo, and of a married Kenyan couple, Jared Babu Mwazo and Mercy Ngami Ndivo, who left behind a baby.

From Seattle Times Apr. 21, 2024

We discovered the river Zouga, and eventually, on August 1, 1849, we were the first Europeans to gaze upon the broad waters of Lake Ngami.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

The other region is the Kalahari Desert and the country north of it between Lake Ngami and the Upper Zambesi.

From Impressions of South Africa by James Bryce, Viscount Bryce

The natives inhabiting the banks of the rivers falling into Lake Ngami are famed for their skill in hunting the hippopotamus.

From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by William Henry Giles Kingston

Her original intention was to penetrate the African interior as far as Lake Ngami; but eventually she resolved on exploring the Eastern Archipelago.

From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by W. H. Davenport Adams

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