"Tanganyika" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /tæŋɡənˈjiːkə/, /tæŋɡəˈniːkə/
Etymology: After Lake Tanganyika, from Swahili tanga (“sail”) and nyika (“uninhabited plain, wilderness”), creating the phrase "sail in the wilderness". Etymology templates: {{der|en|sw|tanga||sail}} Swahili tanga (“sail”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tanganyika
  1. Synonym of Lake Tanganyika, a lake in Africa. Categories (place): Historical polities Synonyms: Lake Tanganyika [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: Tanganyikan, Tanzania Related terms: German East Africa Translations (lake): بحيرَة تنجانيقا (Arabic), Laco Tanganica (Aragonese), Tanqanika Gölü (Azerbaijani), Tanganyika lakua (Basque), Танганика (english: Tanganika) (Bulgarian), Llac Tanganyika (Catalan), 坦噶尼喀湖 (taan² gaa¹ nei⁴ kaa³ wu⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 坦噶尼喀湖 (Tǎngáníkā Hú) (english: Mainland) (Chinese Mandarin), 坦干依喀湖 (Tǎngānyīkā Hú) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), Tanganika (Czech), Tanganyikasøen (Danish), Tanganyikameer [neuter] (Dutch), Tanganjiko (Esperanto), Tanganjika järv (Estonian), Tanganjikajärvi (Finnish), Lac Tanganyika [masculine] (French), Lago Tanganica (Galician), ტანგანიიკა (ṭanganiiḳa) (Georgian), Tanganjikasee (German), Τανγκανίκα (Tangkaníka) [Modern] (Greek), אגם טנגנייקה (Hebrew), Tanganyika-tó (Hungarian), Tanganjikavatn (Icelandic), Danau Tanganyika (Indonesian), Loch Tanganyika (Irish), Lago Tanganica (Italian), タンガニーカ湖 (Japanese), Tlaga Tanganyika (Javanese), 탕가니카 호 (tangganika ho) (Korean), Tanganjikas ezers (Latvian), Tanganyika (Lingala), Tanganika (Lithuanian), Тангањика (Tanganjika) (Macedonian), Tasik Tanganyika (Malay), Tanganyikasjøen (Norwegian), Tanganyikasjøen (Norwegian Nynorsk), دریاچه تانگانیکا (Persian), Tanganika [feminine] (Polish), Lago Tanganica (Portuguese), Tanganika qucha (Quechua), Lacul Tanganyika (Romanian), Танганьи́ка (Tanganʹíka) [feminine] (Russian), Tanganėka (Samogitian), Језеро Тангањика [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Тангањика [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Jezero Tanganjika [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Tanganjika [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Lacu Tanganyika (Sicilian), Tanganika (Slovak), Tanganjiško jezero (Slovene), Lago Tanganica (Spanish), Tanganyika (Swahili), Tanganyikasjön (Swedish), டாங்கனிக்கா ஏரி (ṭāṅkaṉikkā ēri) (Tamil), ทะเลสาบแทนแกนยิกา (Thai), Tanganika Gölü (Turkish), Танганьїка (Tanhanʹjika) (Ukrainian), Lago Tanganica (Venetian), Llyn Tanganyika (Welsh), Танганьика күөл (Tanganyika küöl) (Yakut)
    Sense id: en-Tanganyika-en-name-TamnYGzl Disambiguation of Historical polities: 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'lake': 100 0
  2. A former British mandate and territory and, between 1961 and 1964, an independent country in East Africa. Translations (territory, former country): Tanganjika (Afrikaans), Tanganjika (Albanian), تَنْجَانِيقَا (tanganīqā) [feminine] (Arabic), Tanganika (Basque), Танганика (english: Tanganika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Tanganyika [feminine] (Catalan), 坦噶尼喀 (Tǎngāníkā) (Chinese Mandarin), Tanganika [feminine] (Czech), Tanganyika (Danish), Tanganyika [neuter] (Dutch), Tanganjikio (Esperanto), Tanganjika (Finnish), Tanganyika [masculine] (French), Tanganjika [neuter] (German), טנגנייקה (tanganyika) [feminine] (Hebrew), तांगान्यिका (tāṅgānyikā) [masculine] (Hindi), तांगानिका (tāṅgānikā) [masculine] (Hindi), टांगान्यिका (ṭāṅgānyikā) [masculine] (Hindi), टांगानिका (ṭāṅgānikā) [masculine] (Hindi), तंगानिका (taṅgānikā) [masculine] (Hindi), तंगानीका (taṅgānīkā) [masculine] (Hindi), Tanganyika (Hungarian), Tanganjika (Icelandic), Tanganyika (Indonesian), Tanganika [feminine] (Italian), タンガニーカ (tanganīka) (Japanese), 탕가니카 (tangganika) (Korean), Tanganika (Lithuanian), टांगानिका (ṭāṅgānikā) (Marathi), Tanganyika (Norwegian), Tanganika [feminine] (Polish), Tanganica [feminine] (Portuguese), Танганьи́ка (Tanganʹíka) [feminine] (Russian), Тангањика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Tanganjika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Tanganjika [feminine] (Slovene), Tanganica [feminine] (Spanish), Tanganyika (Swahili), Tanganyika (Swedish), தங்கனீக்கா (taṅkaṉīkkā) (Tamil), Танганьїка (Tanhanʹjika) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Tanganyika [feminine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-Tanganyika-en-name-aQUDNb19 Disambiguation of 'territory, former country': 4 96

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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tanganyika",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "טנגנייקה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tāṅgānyikā",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "तांगान्यिका"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tāṅgānikā",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "तांगानिका"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ṭāṅgānyikā",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "टांगान्यिका"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ṭāṅgānikā",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "टांगानिका"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "taṅgānikā",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "तंगानिका"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "taṅgānīkā",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "तंगानीका"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "word": "Tanganyika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "word": "Tanganjika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "word": "Tanganyika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tanganika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tanganīka",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "word": "タンガニーカ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "tangganika",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "word": "탕가니카"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "word": "Tanganika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "ṭāṅgānikā",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "word": "टांगानिका"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "word": "Tanganyika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tanganika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tanganica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Tanganʹíka",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Танганьи́ка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Тангањика"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tanganjika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tanganjika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tanganica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "word": "Tanganyika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "word": "Tanganyika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "taṅkaṉīkkā",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "word": "தங்கனீக்கா"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Tanhanʹjika",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Танганьїка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "territory, former country",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tanganyika"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tæŋɡənˈjiːkə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tæŋɡəˈniːkə/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Tanganyika"
  ],
  "word": "Tanganyika"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from Swahili",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Historical polities",
    "sw:Countries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Tanganyikan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tanzania"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sw",
        "3": "tanga",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sail"
      },
      "expansion": "Swahili tanga (“sail”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "After Lake Tanganyika, from Swahili tanga (“sail”) and nyika (“uninhabited plain, wilderness”), creating the phrase \"sail in the wilderness\".",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Tanganyika",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "German East Africa"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of Lake Tanganyika, a lake in Africa."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Lake Tanganyika",
          "Lake Tanganyika#English"
        ],
        [
          "Africa",
          "Africa"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "a lake in Africa",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "Lake Tanganyika"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A former British mandate and territory and, between 1961 and 1964, an independent country in East Africa."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mandate",
          "mandate"
        ],
        [
          "territory",
          "territory"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tæŋɡənˈjiːkə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tæŋɡəˈniːkə/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "بحيرَة تنجانيقا"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Laco Tanganica"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanqanika Gölü"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganyika lakua"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "english": "Tanganika",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Танганика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Llac Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "taan² gaa¹ nei⁴ kaa³ wu⁴",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "坦噶尼喀湖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "Mainland",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Tǎngáníkā Hú",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "坦噶尼喀湖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Tǎngānyīkā Hú",
      "sense": "lake",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "坦干依喀湖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganika"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganyikasøen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lake",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Tanganyikameer"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganjiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganjika järv"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganjikajärvi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lake",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lac Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Lago Tanganica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭanganiiḳa",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "ტანგანიიკა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganjikasee"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Tangkaníka",
      "sense": "lake",
      "tags": [
        "Modern"
      ],
      "word": "Τανγκανίκα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "אגם טנגנייקה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganyika-tó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganjikavatn"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Danau Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Loch Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Lago Tanganica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "タンガニーカ湖"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tlaga Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tangganika ho",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "탕가니카 호"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganjikas ezers"
    },
    {
      "code": "ln",
      "lang": "Lingala",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Tanganjika",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Тангањика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tasik Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganyikasjøen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganyikasjøen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "دریاچه تانگانیکا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lake",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tanganika"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Lago Tanganica"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganika qucha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Lacul Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Tanganʹíka",
      "sense": "lake",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Танганьи́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sgs",
      "lang": "Samogitian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganėka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Језеро Тангањика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Тангањика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Jezero Tanganjika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Tanganjika"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Lacu Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganjiško jezero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Lago Tanganica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganyikasjön"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "ṭāṅkaṉikkā ēri",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "டாங்கனிக்கா ஏரி"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "ทะเลสาบแทนแกนยิกา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Tanganika Gölü"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Tanhanʹjika",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Танганьїка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Lago Tanganica"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Llyn Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "Tanganyika küöl",
      "sense": "lake",
      "word": "Танганьика күөл"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "Tanganjika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "Tanganjika"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tanganīqā",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "تَنْجَانِيقَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "Tanganika"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "english": "Tanganika",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Танганика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Tǎngāníkā",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "坦噶尼喀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tanganika"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "Tanganjikio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "Tanganjika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Tanganjika"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tanganyika",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "טנגנייקה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tāṅgānyikā",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "तांगान्यिका"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tāṅgānikā",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "तांगानिका"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ṭāṅgānyikā",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "टांगान्यिका"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ṭāṅgānikā",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "टांगानिका"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "taṅgānikā",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "तंगानिका"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "taṅgānīkā",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "तंगानीका"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "Tanganjika"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tanganika"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tanganīka",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "タンガニーカ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tangganika",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "탕가니카"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "Tanganika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ṭāṅgānikā",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "टांगानिका"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tanganika"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tanganica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Tanganʹíka",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Танганьи́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Тангањика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tanganjika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tanganjika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tanganica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "Tanganyika"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "taṅkaṉīkkā",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "word": "தங்கனீக்கா"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Tanhanʹjika",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Танганьїка"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "territory, former country",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tanganyika"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Tanganyika"
  ],
  "word": "Tanganyika"
}

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