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Lake Victoria   /leɪk vɪktˈɔriə/   Listen
Lake Victoria

noun
1.
The largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world; a headwaters reservoir for the Nile River.  Synonym: Victoria Nyanza.






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... and, although to a somewhat less degree, in the life of so many negro and Indian tribes. They were practically absolutely naked. In many savage tribes the men go absolutely naked, but the women wear a breech-clout or loincloth. In certain tribes we saw near Lake Victoria Nyanza, and on the upper White Nile, both men and women were practically naked. Among these Nhambiquaras the women were more completely naked than the men, although the difference was not essential. The men wore a string around the waist. Most of them wore nothing else, ...
— Through the Brazilian Wilderness • Theodore Roosevelt



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