NYANZA (from the ancient Bantu root word anza, a river or lake)

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NYANZA (from the ancient Bantu root word anza, a river or lake) , the

Bantu

BANTU

name for any

sheet

SHEET

or stream of water of considerable

size

SIZE

; especially applied to the

great

GREAT

lakes of

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

Central Africa. The word is variously spelt, and the form " Nyasa " has become the proper name of a particular lake.

Nyanza

ancient
- ANCIENT
- ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)
_Bantu_.html">NYANZA (from the
ancient
- ANCIENT
- ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)
Bantu root word anza, a river or lake)

is the spelling used in designating the

great

GREAT

lakes which are the

main

MAIN (from the
Aryan
- ARYAN
root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

reservoirs of the river

Nile

.

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