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Noun: Tanganyika  ,tang-gu'nyee-ku
  1. A former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania
     
  2. The longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley
    - Lake Tanganyika

Type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, lake

Part of: Africa, Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania

Encyclopedia: Tanganyika, Lake