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Named after Queen Victoria by the explorer John Hanning Speke, the first Briton to document it in 1858, while on an expedition with Richard Francis Burton.

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Lake Victoria

1. The largest lake in Africa, with shoreline in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania; one of the African Great Lakes.

   Synonym: Nalubaale

Further reading

• “Lake Victoria”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Lake Victoria, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Lake Victoria”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Lake Victoria”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Lake Victoria”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026