Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is a lake in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa. With an area of 68,870 km², Lake Victoria is the largest inland lake in Africa and the second largest freshwater lake in the world.
- Lake
- Description: lake in east-central Africa
- Also known as“Lake Nyanza”“Nam Lolwe”“Ukerewe”“Victoria”“Victoria Nyanza”
- Neighbors
- Category: freshwater lake
- Location
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lake Victoria” goes by many names.
VictoriameerAfrikaans
Liqeni ViktoriaAlbanian
ቪክቶሪያ ሀይቅAmharic
ናያንዛ ሀይቅAmharic
بحيرة فكتورياArabic
بحيرة فيكتورياArabic
Laco VictoriaAragonese
ՎիկտորիաArmenian
Վիկտորիա լիճArmenian
ভিক্টোৰিয়া হ্ৰদAssamese
Llagu VictoriaAsturian
Viktoriya gölüAzerbaijani
Виктория күлеBashkir
VictoriaBasque
ViktoriaseeBavarian
ВікторыяBelarusian
Возера ВікторыяBelarusian
ভিক্টোরিয়া হ্রদBengali
लेक विक्टोरियाBhojpuri
विक्टोरिया झीलBhojpuri
Viktorijino jezeroBosnian
Lenn VictoriaBreton
ВикторияBulgarian
ဝိတိုရိယအိုင်Burmese
Llac VictòriaCatalan
Danaw VictoriaCentral Bikol
Lake VictoriaCentral Kanuri
دەریاچەی ڤیکتۆریاCentral Kurdish
ВикториChechen
維多利亞湖Chinese
ВикториChuvash
ВикторияChuvash
Lynn VictoriaCornish
Viktoriya gölüCrimean Tatar
Jezero ViktorijaCroatian
Viktorijino jezeroCroatian
jezero UkereveCzech
jezero UkereweCzech
Viktoriino jezeroCzech
Lake VictoriaDagbani
VictoriasøenDanish
Golê VictoriaDimli (individual language)
VictoriameerDutch
بحيرة فيكتورياEgyptian Arabic
Viktoria lagoEsperanto
Victoria järvEstonian
ViktoriavatnFaroese
Victoria TalaabFiji Hindi
VictorianjärviFinnish
Lago VitoriaGalician
NnalubaaleGanda
Nyanja NalubaaleGanda
ვიქტორიაGeorgian
ვიქტორიას ტბაGeorgian
Lake NyanzaGhanaian Pidgin English
Lake VictoriaGhanaian Pidgin English
Victoria NyanzaGhanaian Pidgin English
ΒικτόριαGreek
Λίμνη ΒικτόριαGreek
Ypa VictoriaGuarani
Lak VictoriaGuianese Creole French
વિક્ટોરિયા તળાવGujarati
Tafkin VictoriaHausa
אגם ויקטוריהHebrew
विक्टोरिया झीलHindi
Viktória-tóHungarian
ViktoríuvatnIcelandic
Lago ViktoriaIdo
Ọdọ Mmiri VictoriaIgbo
Danaw VictoriaIloko
Danau VictoriaIndonesian
Laco VictoriaInterlingua
Loch VictoriaIrish
Lago VittoriaItalian
ヴィクトリア湖Japanese
Tlaga VictoriaJavanese
Fikitoriya KujomuuKabiyè
Agelmim n ViktoryaKabyle
ವಿಕ್ಟೋರಿಯಾ ಸರೋವರKannada
ViktoriyaKara-Kalpak
Viktoriya (kól)Kara-Kalpak
وِکٹوریہ سَرKashmiri
Виктория көліKazakh
Iria rĩa VictoriaKikuyu
Ikiyaga cya VictoriyaKinyarwanda
Виктория көлүKirghiz
빅토리아 호Korean
Gola ViktoriaKurdish
Lech VitoriaLadin
Lacus VictoriaLatin
Viktorijas ezersLatvian
VictoriamaerLimburgan
維多利亞湖Literary Chinese
Viktorijos ežerasLithuanian
VictoriaseeLow German
Viktoriaski jazorLower Sorbian
VictoriaséiLuxembourgish
ViktoriaséiLuxembourgish
ВикторијаMacedonian
Tasik VictoriaMalay
വിക്ടോറിയ തടാകംMalayalam
व्हिक्टोरिया सरोवरMarathi
ویکتوریا دریاچهMazanderani
Victoria Ô͘Min Nan Chinese
ვიქტორიაMingrelian
Lago BitóriaMirandese
Викториа нуурMongolian
Виктория нуурMongolian
ضاية ڤيكطورياMoroccan Arabic
Laghe VittorieNeapolitan
भिक्टोरिया तालNepali
भिक्टोरिया पुखूNewari
Victoria SiaNorthern Frisian
VictoriasjøenNorwegian
VictoriasjøenNorwegian Bokmål
VictoriasjøenNorwegian Nynorsk
Lac VictòriaOccitan (post 1500)
UictoriamereOld English (ca. 450-1100)
Hara ViktooriyaaOromo
ਵਿਕਟੋਰੀਆ ਝੀਲPanjabi
دریاچه ویکتوریاPersian
Lagh VitòriaPiemontese
Jezioro WiktoriiPolish
Ñansa quchaQuechua
Lacul VictoriaRomanian
Виктори нуурRussia Buriat
ВикторияRussian
ВікторіяRusyn
ViktuorėjėSamogitian
Viktuorėjė (ežers)Samogitian
Loch VictoriaScots
Viktorijino jezeroSerbian
Викторијино језероSerbian
Jezero ViktorijaSerbo-Croatian
Viktorijino jezeroSerbo-Croatian
وڪٽوريا ڍنڍSindhi
Viktóriino jazeroSlovak
Jezero UkereweSlovenian
Viktorijino jezeroSlovenian
Harta FiktooriyaSomali
ویکتوریا گولوSouth Azerbaijani
VictoriaSwahili
Ziwa VictoriaSwahili
Ziwa ViktoriaSwahili
VictoriasjönSwedish
VictoriaseeSwiss German
Lawa ng VictoriaTagalog
ВикторияTajik
Виктория (кӯл)Tajik
விக்டோரியா ஏரிTamil
Виктория күлеTatar
విక్టోరియా సరస్సుTelugu
ทะเลสาบวิกตอเรียThai
མཚོ་མོ་ཝེ་ཁེ་ཐོ་རི་ཡ།Tibetan
Letsha la VictoriaTswana
Victoria GölüTurkish
Wiktoriýa köliTurkmen
A̱gba̱ndang Jok ViktoriyaTyap
ВикторияUdmurt
ВікторіяUkrainian
Viktoriaski jězorUpper Sorbian
جھیل وکٹوریہUrdu
ViktoriyaUzbek
Lago VitoriaVenetian
ViktoriiVeps
Hồ VictoriaVietnamese
Danaw VictoriaWaray (Philippines)
Llyn VictoriaWelsh
FiktoariamarWestern Frisian
VictoriamarWestern Frisian
جھیل وکٹوریاWestern Panjabi
جھیل وکٹوریہWestern Panjabi
維多利亞湖Wu Chinese
ВикторияYakut
Виктория (күөл)Yakut
וויקטאריע אזערעYiddish
維多利亞湖Yue Chinese
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