Tanganyika

专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

专有名词
  1. Synonym of Lake Tanganyika, a lake in Africa.
  2. A former British mandate and territory in East Africa, in existence from 1916 to 1961. historical
  3. An independent country that existed between 1961 and 1964, coterminous with the former British territory, which became most of Tanzania. historical
  4. A province (Tanganyika Province) in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Capital: Kalemie, which borders the lake.

词源

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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