Tanganyikan

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Tan·gan·yi·ka (t

n-y

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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.

Tangan·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.

Tanganyikan [ˌtæŋgəˈnjiːkən]

adj

(Placename) (Social Science / Peoples) of or relating to the former state of Tanganyika (now part of Tanzania) or its inhabitants

(Social Science / Peoples) a native of inhabitant of Tanganyika

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No references found			The Tanganyikan authorities, aghast that this might endanger Jane's life, forbade her to proceed unless accompanied in the forest by her mother--who happily obliged. Humans are not the sole intelligent, thinking beings on earth by Hordern, Nick / New African TANU Women: gender and culture in the making of Tanganyikan nationalism, 1955-1965. Eyes wide shut: Africanists and the moral problematics of ... by Burke, Timothy / African Studies Quarterly There, having witnessed African nationalism culminate in 1961 in Tanganyikan independence from British rule, they supported and participated in the formation of FRELIMO (Front for the Liberation of Mozambique). Dealing with the devil: meaning and the marketplace in Makonde ... by Sharpes, Stacy / African Arts			Tanate tanbark tanbark oak tanbur Tancred Tandearil tandem tandem bicycle Tandem cart Tandem engine tandem roller Tandem system tandem trailer Tandjungpriok tandoor tandoori Tandy tanekaha Taney Tang Tang dynasty Tang sparrow tanga Tangalung Tanganyika Tanganyikan tangata tiriti tangata whenua Tange tangelo tangelo tree Tangence tangency tangent tangent galvanometer tangent line Tangent of an angle Tangent of an arc tangent plane Tangent scale Tangent screw Tangent spoke Tangent wheel Tangental tangential Tangential force Tangential stress tangentially tangerine tangerine tree Tangfish			Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School Tang Soo Do Tang Soo Do Karate Institute Tang sparrow Tang Xuanzang Tang Yin tanga tanga tanga tanga tanga briefs tanga briefs tanga briefs Tanga Coastal Zone Conservation and Development Programme Tanga Dairy Cooperative Union Tanga Dairy Development Programme Tangalung Tanganika Tanganika Tanganjika Tanganjika Tanganyica Tanganyica Tanganyika Tanganyika Tanganyika African National Union Tanganyika Farmers' Association Limited Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Tanganyikan Tanganyka Tanganyka Tangarines Tangarines tangas tangas tangas Tangata manu tangata tiriti Tangata Whenua Tangata Whenua Tange Tange Tange Tange Tange Kenzo Tange Kenzo Tange, Kenzo Tange, Kenzo tanged tanged tanged tangeite Tangello Tangello tangelo tangelo tangelo tangelo tree tangelos

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