from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- A former country of east-central Africa. A British mandate after 1920, it became independent in 1961 and joined with Zanzibar to form Tanzania in 1964.
- LakeTanganyika A lake of east-central Africa between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. The British explorers John Speke and Sir Richard Burton sighted the lake in 1858.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- proper n. A large lake in central Africa, between Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.
- proper n. A former British mandate and territory and, between 1961 and 1964, an independent country in East Africa.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania
- n. the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley
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