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Tanganyika
Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo‐Tanzania A lake with Burundi and Zambia also abutting onto it. The origin of the name is unclear. Sir Henry Morton Stanley†, who saw the lake in 1871 when he found Dr Livingstone at Ujiji, claimed that the local word nika meant ‘plain’ or ‘flat’ and that Africans are wont to describe large bodies of water as resembling plains; thus he was satisfied that the name meant ‘Plain‐like Lake’. Sir Richard Burton (1821–90), with John Hanning Speke (1827–64), were the first Europeans to see the lake in 1858 and their theory was that the name came from the local words kou tanganyika ‘to meet’, perhaps a reference to the fact that the lake is fed by a number of rivers or that tribes met here. See Tanzania.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Tanganyika." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Tanganyika." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Tanganyika.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Tanganyika." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Tanganyika.html |
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Tanganyika
Tanganyika, see British East Africa.
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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Tanganyika." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Tanganyika." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Tanganyika.html I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Tanganyika." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Tanganyika.html |
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Tanganyika
Tanganyika see Tanzania . |
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"Tanganyika." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Tanganyika." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Tangnyka.html "Tanganyika." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Tangnyka.html |
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Tanganyika
Tanganyika, see Tanzania
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Tanganyika." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Tanganyika." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-Tanganyika.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Tanganyika." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-Tanganyika.html |
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Tanganyika
Tanganyika See TANZANIA.
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"Tanganyika." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Tanganyika." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Tanganyika.html "Tanganyika." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Tanganyika.html |
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Tanganyika
Tanganyika
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•stavesacre • wiseacre
•beaker, Costa Rica, Dominica, eureka, Frederica, Griqua, leaker, loudspeaker, seeker, shrieker, sika, sneaker, speaker, squeaker, streaker, Tanganyika, theca, tikka, Topeka, wreaker
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"Tanganyika." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Tanganyika." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Tanganyika.html "Tanganyika." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Tanganyika.html |
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