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Tanganyika

Tanganyika

3 7.4
A very long freshwater lake in central Africa between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • proper noun
  • /tæŋəˈnɪkə/
translation icon : Tanganica
  • African cichlids come from only three lakes on the continent: Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Victoria.
  • Lake Tanganyika
  • shores of Lake Tanganyika

So Gombe was in Tanzania on Lake Tanganyika.

Examples

  • Burundian troops have been located along a narrow sliver of territory on the west bank of Lake Tanganyika.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The collector acquired them from a local German resident, who claimed that they originated from the western shore of Lake Tanganyika.

    Academic text (2005)
  • But we've done this now in southern Lake Tanganyika before.

  • He marched his army down to Lake Tanganyika, then headed east.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Common throughout Africa, high-risk destinations include Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Victoria.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Lake Tanganyika's cichlids exhibit the greatest variation in body form, as well as the greatest diversity in reproductive behavior.

    Academic text (1992)
  • I was born in 1964 in Ruziba, a rural province of Burundi, thirteen kilometers from Bujumbura, along Lake Tanganyika.

    Academic text (2010)
  • In fact, these two chiefs moved their chieftaincies from the eastern Luba periphery to the shores of Lake Tanganyika so they would be closer to Ujiji, the endpoint of the caravan trade to Zanzibar.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Lake Tanganyika is the longest freshwater lake in the world, stretching over 400 miles through central Africa.

  • Many unique species of fish inhabit Lake Tanganyika, making it a popular destination for divers and researchers.

Synonyms

Lake Tanganyika
vsTanganyika
5.4

A freshwater lake in central Africa that is the world's longest

is the same name presented without the generic word before the specific name

Compounds

A freshwater lake in central Africa that is the world's longest

Surface Forms

Tanganyika main

Etymology

Tanganyika comes from local African languages and Swahili and is often said to mean a 'long' or 'great' lake. So the name fits because this is a very long, deep freshwater lake.