Main Entry:
Tan⋅za⋅ni⋅a
[tan-zuh-nee-uh; Swahili. tahn-zah-nee-ah]
–noun
A country of east-central Africa on the Indian Ocean. Inhabited since prehistoric times and
settled by Bantu peoples by the tenth century, most of the region became a German
protectorate in 1891 and passed to the British in 1920 as Tanganyika. Zanzibar, a narrow
strip along the coast, was a British protectorate after 1890. Tanganyika achieved
independence in 1961 and joined with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania. Dar es Salaam
is the capital (until 2005) and the largest city; Dodoma is the designated capital.
Population: 39,400,000. The American Heritage® Dictionary
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