This is a list of place names in which the categories include former German colonies.
Tanganyika(Region & Country)Swahili, English From Swahili tanga "sail" and nyika "wilderness". This is the name of a region in East 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.