nyanza

American  

[nee-an-zuh, nahy-] / niˈæn zə, naɪ- /

noun

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

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nyanza British  

/ ˈnjænzə, nɪˈænzə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of nyanza

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

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.

From Barron's

“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.

From Seattle Times

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

From Washington Post

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.

From Reuters

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.

From Washington Times