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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 Nileplay

  Familiarity information: LAKE TANA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LAKE TANA (noun)


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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