Tanganyika
Meanings
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- Synonym of Lake Tanganyika, a lake in Africa.
- A former British mandate and territory in East Africa, in existence from 1916 to 1961.
- An independent country that existed between 1961 and 1964, coterminous with the former British territory, which became most of Tanzania.
- A province (Tanganyika Province) in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Capital: Kalemie, which borders the lake.
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Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *-cànga Proto-Sabaki *-canga Proto-Sabaki *-canganya Swahili -changanya Swahili -changanyikader. English Tanganyika After Lake Tanganyika, from Swahili changanyika (“to mix”) which might have meant where the water of the rivers mix.
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