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TANGANYIKA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Holonyms ("Tanganyika" is a part of...):
Tanzania; United Republic of Tanzania (a republic in eastern Africa)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley
Synonyms:
Lake Tanganyika; Tanganyika
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)
Holonyms ("Tanganyika" 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)
