Nyanza
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Nyanza may refer to:
- Nyanza, RwandaNyanza, RwandaNyanza is a town located in Nyanza in the Southern Province of Rwanda.The old Royal Palace of the Rwandan monarchy is located in the town of Nyanza. It is now the Rwesero Art Museum....
- Nyanza DistrictNyanza DistrictNyanza is a district in Southern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Nyanza town, which is also the provincial capital. Nyanza is a Bantu word meaning lake, which probably refers to a large lake to the west of Nyanza town....
, the district surrounding Nyanza, Rwanda
- Nyanza District
- Nyanza ProvinceNyanza ProvinceNyanza Province of Kenya, is one of Kenya's eight administrative provinces. It is located in the southwest part of Kenya around Lake Victoria. Nyanza includes part of the eastern edge of Lake Victoria and is inhabited predominantly by the Luo. There are also Bantu-speaking tribes such as the...
, Kenya - Nyanza LacNyanza LacNyanza Lac is a city in southern Burundi, in Makamba Province. It is located on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, to the south of Mutambara and close to the border with Tanzania.-References:...
, Burundi - Nyanza, the Bantu word for lakeLakeA lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
, in particular:- Lake Albert (Albert Nyanza)
- Lake EdwardLake EdwardLake Edward or Edward Nyanza is the smallest of the African Great Lakes. It is located in the western Great Rift Valley, on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, with its northern shore a few kilometres south of the Equator...
(Edward Nyanza) - Lake VictoriaLake VictoriaLake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. The lake was named for Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, by John Hanning Speke, the first European to discover this lake....
(Victoria Nyanza)
- Nyanza, Nova ScotiaNyanza, Nova ScotiaNyanza is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Victoria County on Cape Breton Island.-References:*...
, an Edwardian cargo steamship still trading on Lake Victoria in East Africa - Nyanza (Company), a dye manufacturing company in Ashland, MA that went bankrupt in 1978