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Nyasa

British  
/ nɪˈæsə, naɪˈæsə /

noun

  1. Malawi name:: (Lake) Malawi. a lake in central Africa at the S end of the Great Rift Valley: the third largest lake in Africa, drained by the Shire River into the Zambezi. Area: about 28 500 sq km (11 000 sq miles)

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The district is at the border with Malawi where the hilly plateaus of Ileje and Rungwe districts rise above the plains of Lake Nyasa and Kyela district.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2015

In 2011, Joyce Banda, then president, visited Tenthani in a hospital after he was injured in a car accident, reported the online Nyasa Times.

From US News ● May 18, 2015

“If they feel like the court is not a safe place where they can go, they may not show up to court,” said Nyasa Hickey, Ms. Socope’s immigration lawyer.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2014

A witness told the Nyasa Times that people “scampered” in all directions to avoid the critters and that Clinton made haste to board the plane to avoid them.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2012

Such are Lake Rukwa, in a subsidiary depression north of Nyasa, and Eiassi and Manyara in the system of the eastern rift-valley.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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