TUMBA, LAKE

Meaning of TUMBA, LAKE in English

lake, part of the Congo River basin, northwestern Congo (Kinshasa). Lake Tumba lies 75 miles (120 km) northwest of Lake Mai-Ndombe (formerly Lake Lopold II). It covers 190 square miles (500 square km) and is 620 feet (26 m) deep. The lake empties into the Congo River by Irebu channel, just opposite its confluence with the Ubangi River. Lake Tumba is shallow, with low shores, and is navigable by river steamer.

Britannica English vocabulary. Английский словарь Британика. 2012

TUMBA — n grave, tomb
Interlingua English vocab
LAKE — I Relatively large body of slow-moving or standing water that occupies an inland basin. Lakes are most abundant in high …
Английский словарь Британика
LAKE — I. ˈlāk noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English lak, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAKE — (n.) A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with …
Английский словарь Webster
LAKE — ( n. ) A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LAKE — lake 1 /layk/ , n. 1. a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAKE — noun a kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. 2. lake ·vi to play; to sport. 3. lake ·noun …
Webster English vocab
LAKE — [lake] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OF lac lake, fr. L lacus; akin to OE lagu sea, Gk lakkos pond] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LAKE — any relatively large body of slow-moving or standing water that occupies an inland basin. Lakes occur throughout much of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
LAKE — lake, Lake BrE AmE leɪk ▷ lakes leɪks ▶ Lake ˈ Charles BrE AmE ▶ ˈ Lake ˌ District BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LAKE — / leɪk; NAmE / noun ( abbr. L. ) a large area of water that is surrounded by land : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAKE — Lake, Ric ‧ ki /ˈrɪki/ BrE AmE (1968–) a US actress and talk show ↑ host . Her programme, which …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAKE — lake S3 W3 /leɪk/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: lac , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAKE — n. a large body of water surrounded by land. øthe Great Lakes the Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAKE — n. a large body of water surrounded by land. the Great Lakes the Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAKE — 1. n. a large body of water surrounded by land. Phrases and idioms: the Great Lakes the Lakes Superior, Huron, …
Oxford English vocab
LAKE — ( lakes) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. A lake is a large …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAKE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE artificial ▪ A £16.1m dam will hold back a 2.6-mile-long artificial lake to be …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAKE — [noun] [C] - a large area of water that is not salty, surrounded by land and not connected to the …
Cambridge English vocab
LAKE — n. Handsome Lake Lake Ijssel dry lake Albert Lake Alexandrina Lake Assal Lake Athabasca Lake Atitlán Lake Avernus Lake Baikal …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LAKE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , huge , large ▪ little , small ▪ deep , shallow ▪ beautiful ▪ blue …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LAKE — I сущ. озеро at, on a lake ≈ на озере The Lakes ≈ lake-country The Great Lakes ≈ Великие озера …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAKE — lake.ogg _I leık n озеро the Great Lake - Атлантический океан the Great Lakes - Великие озёра ( Верхнее, Гурон, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LAKE — 1) озеро 2) лак; краплак, красочный лак • - closed lake - coastal lake - cutoff lake - floodplain lake …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LAKE — 1) озеро 2) лак; краплак, красочный лак • - closed lake - coastal lake - cutoff lake - floodplain lake - man-made lake - meander lake - purification lake - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
LAKE — I leɪk сущ. ; сокр. - L озеро at, on a lake — на озере deep lake — глубокое озеро …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LAKE — I [®ўЎ°] lake.wav сущ.; сокр. - L озеро at, on a lake — на озере deep lake — глубокое озеро dry lake — сухое озеро The …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LAKE — 1) озеро 2) небольшое скопление жидкости в тканях • - alkalitrophic lake - allotrophic lake - atoll lake - autotrophic lake - bayou lake - closed lake - constant-level …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
LAKE — 1) озеро 2) небольшое скопление жидкости в тканях • - alkalitrophic lake - allotrophic lake - atoll lake - autotrophic …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
LAKE — 1) лак; бакан; крап-лак 2) мн. ч. органические пигменты (яркого оттенка) 3) озеро, озёрный • - artificial lake - brine lake - man-made lake
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
LAKE — I сущ. озеро at, on a lake ≈ на озере The Lakes ≈ lake-country The Great Lakes ≈ Великие озера …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
RACE — banay;dagan;tribu;tumba
English-Visayan vocabulary
TUMBLE — I. ˈtəmbəl verb ( tumbled ; tumbled ; tumbling -b(ə)liŋ ; tumbles ) Etymology: Middle English tumblen, freq. of tumben, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOMB — I. ˈtüm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English toumbe, tombe, from Anglo-French tumbe, from Late Latin tumba sepulchral mound, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CATACOMB — ˈkad.əˌkōm, -atə-, Brit also -üm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French catacombe, probably from Old Italian catacomba, from Late …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUMBLE — /tum"beuhl/ , v. , tumbled, tumbling , n. v.i. 1. to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOMB — — tombal , adj. — tombless , adj. — tomblike , adj. /toohm/ , n. 1. an excavation in earth …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOMB — I. ˈtüm noun Etymology: Middle English tombe, from Anglo-French tumbe, from Late Latin tumba sepulchral mound, from Greek tymbos; perhaps …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOMB — [ tu:m ] ■ noun 1》 a burial place, especially a large underground vault. ↘a monument to a dead person, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TOMB — [tomb] n [ME tombe, fr. AF tumbe, fr. LL tumba sepulchral mound, fr. Gk tymbos; perh. akin to L tumere …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CENTRAL AFRICA, HISTORY OF — history of the region from the time of early humans to the present. Central Africa consists of three parallel belts …
Britannica English vocabulary
UBANGI RIVER — also spelled Oubangui, largest right-bank tributary of the Congo River, marking the border between Congo (Kinshasa) and Congo (Brazzaville). The …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCORZA, MANUEL — born 1928, Lima, Peru died Nov. 27, 1983, Madrid, Spain Peruvian novelist, poet, and political activist who interwove mythic and …
Britannica English vocabulary
MAI-NDOMBE, LAKE — formerly (until 1972) Lake Leopold Ii, lake in western Congo (Kinshasa), east of the Congo River and south-southeast of Lake …
Britannica English vocabulary
EAST AFRICAN LAKES — Mountains and lakes of East Africa. group of lakes in East Africa. The majority of the East African lakes lie …
Britannica English vocabulary
CONGO RIVER — The Congo River basin and its drainage network. also called Zaire River, river in west-central Africa. With a length of …
Britannica English vocabulary
AGUSTN, JOS — born Aug. 19, 1944, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mex. in full Jos Agustn Ramrez Mexican novelist whose prolific writings, reflecting an urban …
Britannica English vocabulary
TOMB — / tuːm; NAmE / noun a large grave, especially one built of stone above or below the ground •• WORD …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOMB — tomb /tuːm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Anglo-French ; Origin: tumbe , from Late Latin tumba …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOMB — n. 1 a large esp. underground vault for the burial of the dead. 2 an enclosure cut in the earth …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOMB — n. 1 a large esp. underground vault for the burial of the dead. 2 an enclosure cut in the earth …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOMB — n.1 a large esp. underground vault for the burial of the dead. 2 an enclosure cut in the earth or …
Oxford English vocab

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