Etymology

nyanza

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Today it means: A lake (in Africa). Full definition →

Shona nyanzá
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The story

  1. Shona · borrowed fromnyanzá“lake”
  2. English todaynyanza

Borrowed from Shona nyanzá (“lake”).

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