Etymology

Ripon Falls

Today it means: A series of waterfalls formerly located at the northern shore of Lake Victoria, near Jinja, in eastern Uganda, submerged by dam construction in the mid-20th century. Full definition →

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The story

Named after George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.