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LAKE TANA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lake Tana mean?
• LAKE TANA (noun)
The noun LAKE TANA has 1 sense:
1. a lake in northern Ethiopia; the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile
Familiarity information: LAKE TANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lake in northern Ethiopia; the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Lake Tana; Lake Tsana
Instance hypernyms:
lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)
Holonyms ("Lake Tana" is a part of...):
Abyssinia; Ethiopia; Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Yaltopya (Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia)
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