Nyassa

Nyassa

Nyassa may refer to:

  • Niassa Province, a province of Mozambique
  • The Nyassa Company, a royal company which administered part of Mozambique between 1891 and 1929
  • Malawi, a country in Southern Africa once known as Nyasaland
  • Lake Malawi, a lake between Malawi and Mozambique also known as Lake Nyassa

Note:

  • The genus Nyssa, Cornaceae, is often misspelt Nyassa.

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  • Nyassa — • Vicariate Apostolic in Central Africa Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Nyassa     Nyassa     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Nyassa — (Njassa, Niandscha, »großes Wasser«), großer Süßwassersee in Südostafrika (s. Karte »Äquatorialafrika« in Bd. 1 und »Deutsch Ostafrika«), zwischen 9°30´ 14°25´ südl. Br. und 34–35° östl. L., 520 m ü. M., 550 km lang, 22–55 km breit und 26,500 qkm …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Nyassa — Nyassa, See in Ostafrika, s. Njassa …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Nyassa — (lac). V. Malawi (lac) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Nyassa — Marcelino Perelló con su mujer, Edelmira, y sus tres hijos a bordo del Nyassa. El Nyassa fue un vapor de pasajeros portugués, de origen alemán, con 8.980 toneladas de desplazamiento, 120 metros de eslora y 14 nudos de velocidad máxima. Había sido …   Wikipedia Español

  • Nyassa Company — The Nyassa Company, in Portuguese the Companhia do Nyassa, and sometimes spelled Niassa , was a royal company in the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, then known as Portuguese East Africa, that had the concession of the lands that include the… …   Wikipedia

  • Nyassa — Malawisee Malawisee aus dem Orbit Geographische Lage: Ostafrika Abflüsse …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Nyassa — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Nyassa-See — Malawisee Malawisee aus dem Orbit Geographische Lage: Ostafrika Abflüsse …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • NYASSA, LAKE —    lake in East Africa, feeds the Zambesi; is 350 m. long by 40 broad, at an elevation of 1570 ft., and was discovered by Livingstone in 1859; the waters are sweet, and abound with fish; the regions bordering it on the S. and W. are called… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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