Tan ‧ za ‧ ni ‧ a /ˌtænzəˈniːə/ BrE AmE
a country in East Africa between Kenya and Mozambique, formed in 1964 when Tanganyika and Zanzibar joined together to make one country. Population: 40,213,162 (2008). Capital: Dodoma. In 1998 a ↑ terrorist bomb exploded at the US ↑ embassy , killing many Tanzanians. ⇨ ↑ Nyerere, Julius
—Tanzanian noun , adjective