Tan·gan·yi·ka (t n g n-y  k, tng-) A former country of east-central Africa. A British mandate after 1920, it became independent in 1961 and joined with Zanzibar to form Tanzania in 1964. Tan gan·yikan adj. & n. |
| Tanganyika, Lake A lake of east-central Africa between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. The British explorers John Speke and Sir Richard Burton sighted the lake in 1858. |
Tanganyika [ˌtæŋgəˈnjiːkə]
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1. (Placename) a former state in E Africa: became part of German East Africa in 1884; ceded to Britain as a League of Nations mandate in 1919 and as a UN trust territory in 1946; gained independence in 1961 and united with Zanzibar in 1964 as the United Republic of Tanzania
2. (Placename) Lake. a lake in central Africa between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre), bordering also on Burundi and Zambia, in the Great Rift Valley: the longest freshwater lake in the world. Area: 32 893 sq. km (12 700 sq. miles). Length: 676 km (420 miles)
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| Noun | 1. |  Tanganyika - the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift ValleyAfrica - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean |
| 2. | Tanganyika - a former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania - a republic in eastern Africa |
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