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1. (n.) Tanganyika
a former country in E Africa: formed the larger part of German East Africa; British trusteeship
2. Tanganyika
Lake, a lake in central Africa, between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania: longest freshwater lake in the world. 12,700 sq. mi. (32,893 sq. km).
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Lake Tanganyika, Tanganyika
the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley
2. (noun) Tanganyika
a former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania
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1. TANGANYIKA
a lake of East Central Africa, stretching between the Congo Free State (W.) and German East Africa (E.); discovered by Speke and Burton in 1858; more carefully explored by Livingstone and Stanley in 1871; the overflow is carried off by the Lukuga into the Upper Congo; is girt round by lofty mountains; length 420 m., breadth from 15 to 80 m.
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