Tanganyika

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1/21/2022, 9:40 PM Mike C tanganyika update #111
11/20/2020, 10:29 PM Mike C tanganyika added (from user-submitted name 260991)
4/21/2017, 10:05 PM anonymous

Type Region & Country
Usage Eastern African, Swahili, English

Meaning & History

From Swahili tanga "sail" and nyika "wilderness". This is the name of a region in eastern Africa. It was a German then British colony until 1961 when it gained independence. In 1964 it united with the island of Zanzibar to create the new country of Tanzania.