NYANZA (from the

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• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient

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• BANTU

Bantu

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• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root word anza, a

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• RIVER

river or

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• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake)  , the Bantu name for any sheet or stream of water of considerable size; especially applied to the great lakes of east Central Africa . The word is variously spelt, and the form " Nyasa " has become the proper name of a particular lake . Nyanza is the spelling used in designating the great lakes which are the main reservoirs of the river Nile .