English Explanatory Dictionary

Ripon Falls

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A series of waterfalls formerly located at the northern shore of Lake Victoria, near Jinja, in eastern Uganda, submerged by dam construction in the mid-20th century.

Word forms

Ripon Falls

Etymology

Named after George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon.

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