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AbyssinianounUS /æbˈsɪniːə/
Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
Adanson
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
AFRICANadjectiveUS /ˈæfrəkən/
of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
From this reading AFRICAN EXPLORERS.
AlgerianounUS /ælˈdʒɪriə/
a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
Browne's
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
BrucenounUS /bruːs/
Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
CapenounUS /keɪp/
a strip of land projecting into a body of water
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
Cazembe
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
DarfurnounUS /ˌdɑːˈfuːr/
an impoverished region of western Sudan
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
Djoliba
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
EXPLORERSnounUS /ɪkˈsplɔːrərz/
plural of “explorer” — someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
From this reading AFRICAN EXPLORERS.
Fezzan
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
Hornemann
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
HoughtonnounUS /ˈhɔːtən/
United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895)
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
interioradjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈtɪriər/
situated within or suitable for inside a building
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
journeysnounUS /ˈdʒɜːrniz/
plural of “journey” — the act of traveling from one place to another
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
Lacerda
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
MozambiquenounUS /ˌmoʊzæmˈbiːk/
a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
Mungo
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
NataladjectiveUS /ˈneɪtəl/
relating to or accompanying birth
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
NigernounUS /ˈnaɪdʒər/
an African river; flows into the South Atlantic
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
NilenounUS /naɪl/
the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
Sego
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
SenegalnounUS /ˌsenəˈɡɔːl/
a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
Senegambia
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
ShawnounUS /ʃɔː/
United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
SourcesnounUS /ˈsɔːrsəz/
plural of “source” — the place where something begins, where it springs into being
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
Sparmann
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
Timbuctoo
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
TunisnounUS /ˈtuːnɪs/
the capital and principal port of Tunisia
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
Tzana
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
Vaillant
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
an act of traveling by water
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Le Vaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the interior--Lacerda at Mozambique and Cazembe--Bruce in Abyssinia--The Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's Voyage in Darfur .
