nyanza

[nee-an-zuh, nahy-]

noun

1. (in central and East Africa) a large body of water, especially a lake.

nyanza

/ ˈnjænzə, nɪˈænzə /

noun

1. (capital when part of a name) (in E Africa) a lake

Word History and Origins

Origin of nyanza¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of nyanza¹

from Bantu

Example Sentences

Kisumu is the largest city in the Nyanza region of western Kenya, an area dominated by Odinga's Luo ethnic group which formed the bedrock of his support.

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“Leaders are there to come and go,” Richard Osiolo, a resident of the western Nyanza region, said over the weekend, dismissing the need to fight because rival candidates in the end make peace.

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Burton and Speke together reached the one that Europeans would call Lake Tanganyika, but only Speke glimpsed the other — Nyanza, a.k.a.

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Magu Mutindika, Nyanza Regional Commissioner, said at the end of the siege that officers were interrogating some customers and staff who had been evacuated to establish what happened.

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The public hearing Thursday at Ashland High School is for the EPA to go over its approximately $20.5 million plan to clean up the remaining contaminated groundwater at the Nyanza Superfund site, The MetroWest Daily News reports.

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