English Explanatory Dictionary

Lake Victoria

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The largest lake in Africa, with shoreline in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania; one of the African Great Lakes.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Lake Victoria

Etymology

Named after Queen Victoria by the explorer John Hanning Speke, the first Briton to document it in 1858, while on an expedition with Richard Francis Burton.

Synonyms

Nalubaale
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