LAKE VICTORIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world; a headwaters reservoir for the Nile River

Synonyms:

Lake Victoria; Victoria Nyanza

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Holonyms ("Lake Victoria" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

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