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Tanganyika

noun

The longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley. Synonym: Lake Tanganyika.

A former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania.

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... the pages over slowly and sadly. Here was a record of the sums sunk in the Lake Tanganyika Gold Company, which was to have paid 33 per cent., and which fell to pieces in the second month of its existence. Here was the money advanced to Durer, Hallett, & Co., on the strength of securities which proved to be the flimsiest of insecurities when tested. Further on was the account ...

— The Firm of Girdlestone • Arthur Conan Doyle

... a result of the Labour Conference at Westminster yesterday, a resolution was sunk on Lake Tanganyika."—Western ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916 • Various

... Background: Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and popular opposition ...

— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government

... Malawi in Lake Nyasa; Tanzania-Zaire-Zambia tripoint in Lake Tanganyika may no longer be indefinite since it is reported that the indefinite section of the Zaire-Zambia ...

— The 1991 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

Words linked to "Tanganyika" : geographical region, United Republic of Tanzania, geographic area, lake, geographic region, Africa, geographical area, Tanzania