KIVU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kivu mean? 

• KIVU (noun)
  The noun KIVU has 1 sense:

1. a lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda

  Familiarity information: KIVU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KIVU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Kivu; Lake Kivu

Instance hypernyms:

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Holonyms ("Kivu" is a part of...):

Belgian Congo; Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zaire (a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960)

Ruanda; Rwanda; Rwandese Republic (a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony)