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nyanza

/nee-an-zuh, nahy-/US // niˈæn zə, naɪ- //UK // (ˈnjænzə, nɪˈænzə) //

尼安萨,尼安萨省

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a large body of water, especially a lake.

Examples

  • The country bordering Victoria Nyanza is typically tropical; the rainfall exceeds 60 in.

  • Stanley went right across the centre of the continent, and discovered the lake Albert Edward Nyanza.

  • Victoria Nyanza, so called after Queen Victoria, had been discovered some years before.

  • The country at this point stretched before him in one vast plain, which some of the natives said extended clear to Nyanza.

  • Its altitude is three thousand seven hundred and seventy-five feet above the sea and but a few feet above Victoria Nyanza.

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