| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Albert, Lake (also Albert Ny·an·za) |
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| VARIANTS: | Formerly also Mo·bu·to Lake (m -b  t) |
| A shallow lake of east-central Africa in the Great Rift Valley on the border between Uganda and Congo (formerly Zaire). It was discovered in 1864 by Sir Samuel Baker and named for Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's consort.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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