Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tanganyika

2 senses of tanganyika

Sense 1
Lake Tanganyika, Tanganyika -- (the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley)
       INSTANCE OF=> lake -- (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Sense 2
Tanganyika -- (a former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania)
       INSTANCE OF=> geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region -- (a demarcated area of the Earth)