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Countries Named After Lakes

Can you name these 4 present-day countries that are named after lakes, or vice versa?
One of the answers is a clipped compound, in which only part of the name refers to the lake in question
Quiz by angliru
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Last updated: January 26, 2023
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Malawi
Nicaragua
Chad
Tanzania
2 Comments
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Level 77
Jan 25, 2023
I don't believe that Malawi was named after the Lake; I think it was the other way round. Both were called Nyasa by the British but on independence the country was renamed after the Maravi people.
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Level 70
Jan 26, 2023
Fair point. Maybe I'll have to rename the quiz "countries that share their name with a lake", or something like that.