nyanza

[ nee-an-zuh, nahy- ]

noun

1. (in central and East Africa) a large body of water, especially a lake.

nyanza

/ ˈnjænzə; nɪˈænzə /

noun

1. capital when part of a name (in E Africa) a lake

Word History and Origins

Origin of nyanza¹

< a Bantu language of the region; compare Shona nyanza lake, sea

Word History and Origins

Origin of nyanza¹

from Bantu

Example Sentences

“Leaders are there to come and go,” Richard Osiolo, a resident of the western Nyanza region, said over the weekend, dismissing the need to fight because rival candidates in the end make peace.

From Seattle Times

Burton and Speke together reached the one that Europeans would call Lake Tanganyika, but only Speke glimpsed the other — Nyanza, a.k.a.

From Washington Post

Magu Mutindika, Nyanza Regional Commissioner, said at the end of the siege that officers were interrogating some customers and staff who had been evacuated to establish what happened.

From Reuters

The public hearing Thursday at Ashland High School is for the EPA to go over its approximately $20.5 million plan to clean up the remaining contaminated groundwater at the Nyanza Superfund site, The MetroWest Daily News reports.

From Washington Times

From 1965 until 1978, Nyanza Inc., a dye and chemical company, buried more than 45,000 tons of chemical sludge from its wastewater treatment process at the site, according to the EPA.

From Washington Times