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Tsana

American  
[tsah-nah, -nuh] / ˈtsɑ nɑ, -nə /

noun

  1. Lake Tsana, former name of Lake Tana.


Tsana British  
/ ˈtsɑːnə /

noun

  1. another name for (Lake) Tana

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Tsana

First recorded in 1850–55

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Since then she has acquired peaceably what she wants most in the country: control of Lake Tsana, source of the Blue Nile and life blood of the thriving Sudan cotton fields.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the finest frescoes are those in the church of the Holy Trinity at Adowa and those in the church at Kwarata, on the shores of Lake Tsana.

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

There is, however, in the centre a circular basin occupied by Lake Tsana.

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

Fathers Mendez and Lobo traversed the deserts between the coast of the Red sea and the mountains, became acquainted with Lake Tsana, and discovered the sources of the Blue Nile in 1624-1633.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

His father was a small local chief, and his uncle was governor of the districts of Dembea, Kwara and Chelga between Lake Tsana and the undefined N.W. frontier.

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

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