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Victoria Nyanza

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

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Examples

  • Lake Victoria (also known as Victoria Nyanza, Ukerewe and Nalubaale) is the world's second largest fresh water lake by area.

    Lake Victoria 2009

  • He was convinced, he said, that the Victoria Nyanza was the source of the Nile, and he wished to set the matter at rest once and for every by visiting its northern shores.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

  • Speke having expressed a wish to visit the lake now called Victoria Nyanza, a sheet of water which report declared to be larger than Tanganyika,

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

  • In a bayou in the south-eastern corner of the Victoria Nyanza was the station of Ingonya, a brown scab on the face of the green earth.

    Witch-Doctors Charles Beadle

  • Even the already famous lake known as the Victoria Nyanza was indistinctly sketched on the maps, and people familiar with African exploration were uncertain whether that great body of water was a lake or a chain of lakes.

    Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History 1906

  • He was convinced, he said, that the Victoria Nyanza was the source of the Nile, and he wished to set the matter at rest once and for every by visiting its northern shores.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906

  • Speke having expressed a wish to visit the lake now called Victoria Nyanza, a sheet of water which report declared to be larger than Tanganyika, Burton, for various reasons, thought it wiser not to accompany him.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906

  • He was convinced, he said, that the Victoria Nyanza was the source of the Nile, and he wished to set the matter at rest once and for every by visiting its northern shores.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897

  • Speke having expressed a wish to visit the lake now called Victoria Nyanza, a sheet of water which report declared to be larger than Tanganyika, Burton, for various reasons, thought it wiser not to accompany him.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897

  • Even apart from its size, the Victoria Nyanza is the most important among the enormous lakes of Central Africa.

    Freeland A Social Anticipation Theodor Hertzka 1884

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