# Tanganyika

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /tæŋɡənˈjiːkə/ · frequency rank #42,934

## Definitions
1. Synonym of Lake Tanganyika, a lake in Africa.
2. A former British mandate and territory and, between 1961 and 1964, an independent country in East Africa which became most of Tanzania.
3. A province (Tanganyika Province) in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Capital: Kalemie. It borders into the lake.

## Etymology
After Lake Tanganyika, from Swahili changanyika (“to mix”) which might have meant where the water of the rivers mix.

## Common misspellings (15)
`atnganyika`, `tagnanyika`, `tanagnyika`, `tanganiyka`, `tangannyika`, `tanganyiak`, `tanganyikka`, `tanganykia`, `tanganyyika`, `tangaynika`, `tangganyika`, `tangnayika`, `tannganyika`, `tnaganyika`, `ttanganyika`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tanganyika