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Kisumu

noun

A port city in western Kenya on the northeastern shore of Lake Victoria; fishing and trading center.

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"Kisumu" Quotes from Famous Books

... which have been taking place west of Lake Victoria Nyanza. It will be remembered that the general scheme for the attack on Bukoba was to be a simultaneous advance on the part of two forces, one starting from the line of the Kagera River, south of Uganda, the other starting on steamers from Kisumu. ...

— New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 • Various

... the fortified port of Bukoba, and it was important to the future movements of the British that the place should be destroyed. On June 20 an expedition was dispatched by steamer from the British port at Kisumu, 240 miles away on the eastern shore; at the same time it was planned that British troops on the Kagora River were to cross the thirty miles that divided them from the German ...

— The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources • Various

Words linked to "Kisumu" : Kenya, metropolis, urban center, Republic of Kenya, port, city