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proper nounThe largest lake in Africa, with shoreline in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania; one of the African Great Lakes.
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Named after Queen Victoria by the explorer John Hanning Speke, the first Briton to document it in 1858, while on an expedition with Richard Francis Burton.
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Afrikaans Victoriameer
- VictoriameerAfrican lake
Arabic بُحَيْرَة فِيكْتُورِيَا
- بُحَيْرَة فِيكْتُورِيَاAfrican lake
Bengali ভিক্টোরিয়া হ্রদ
- ভিক্টোরিয়া হ্রদ (bhikṭōriẏa hrod)African lake
Bulgarian Виктория
- Виктория (Viktorija)African lake
Catalan llac Victòria
- llac VictòriaAfrican lake
Chinese Mandarin 維多利亞湖 /维多利亚湖
- 維多利亞湖 /维多利亚湖 (Wéiduōlìyà Hú)African lake
Czech Viktoriino jezero
- Viktoriino jezeroAfrican lake
Danish Victoriasøen
- VictoriasøenAfrican lake
Dutch Victoriameer
- VictoriameerAfrican lake
Esperanto Viktoria lago
- Viktoria lagoAfrican lake
Estonian Victoria järv
- Victoria järvAfrican lake
Finnish Victorianjärvi
- VictorianjärviAfrican lake
French lac Victoria
- lac VictoriaAfrican lake
German Victoriasee
- VictoriaseeAfrican lake
Greek Λίμνη Βικτόρια
- Λίμνη Βικτόρια (Límni Viktória)African lake
Hebrew אגם ויקטוריה
- אגם ויקטוריה (agám viktória)African lake
Hindi विक्टोरिया झील
- विक्टोरिया झील (vikṭoriyā jhīl)African lake
Hungarian Viktória-tó
- Viktória-tóAfrican lake
Icelandic Viktoríuvatn
- ViktoríuvatnAfrican lake
Indonesian Danau Victoria
- Danau VictoriaAfrican lake
Irish Loch Victoria
- Loch VictoriaAfrican lake
Italian lago Vittoria
- lago VittoriaAfrican lake
Japanese ヴィクトリア湖
- ヴィクトリア湖 (Vikutoria-ko)African lake
Korean 빅토리아호
- 빅토리아호 (biktoriaho)African lake
Latvian Viktorijas ezers
- Viktorijas ezersAfrican lake
Lithuanian Viktorijos ežeras
- Viktorijos ežerasAfrican lake
Malay Tasik Victoria
- Tasik VictoriaAfrican lake
Norwegian Bokmål Victoriasjøen
- VictoriasjøenAfrican lake
Persian دریاچه ویکتوریا
- دریاچه ویکتوریا (daryâče viktôriyâ)African lake
Polish Jezioro Wiktorii
- Jezioro WiktoriiAfrican lake
Portuguese Lago Vitória
- Lago VitóriaAfrican lake
Punjabi ਵਿਕਟੋਰੀਆ ਝੀਲ
- ਵਿਕਟੋਰੀਆ ਝੀਲ (vikṭorīā jhīl)African lake
Romanian Lacul Victoria
- Lacul VictoriaAfrican lake
Russian Викто́рия, озеро Викто́рия
- Викто́рия (Viktórija)African lake
- озеро Викто́рия (ozero Viktórija)African lake
Slovak Viktóriino jazero
- Viktóriino jazeroAfrican lake
Spanish Lago Victoria
- Lago VictoriaAfrican lake
Swahili Ziwa Victoria
- Ziwa VictoriaAfrican lake
Swedish Victoriasjön
- VictoriasjönAfrican lake
Tagalog Lawa ng Victoria
- Lawa ng VictoriaAfrican lake
Tamil விக்டோரியா ஏரி
- விக்டோரியா ஏரி (vikṭōriyā ēri)African lake
Thai ทะเลสาบวิกตอเรีย
- ทะเลสาบวิกตอเรีย (tá-lee-sàap wík-dtɔɔ-riia)African lake
Turkish Victoria Gölü
- Victoria GölüAfrican lake
Ukrainian Вікто́рія, озеро Вікто́рія
- Вікто́рія (Viktórija)African lake
- озеро Вікто́рія (ozero Viktórija)African lake
Vietnamese hồ Victoria
- hồ VictoriaAfrican lake
Welsh Llyn Victoria
- Llyn VictoriaAfrican lake
Cite this entry
APA
Lake Victoria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lake%20Victoria
MLA
“Lake Victoria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lake%20Victoria. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lake Victoria,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lake%20Victoria.
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