JOHN HANNING SPEKE

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• JOHN HANNING SPEKE (noun)
  The noun JOHN HANNING SPEKE has 1 sense:

1. English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered Lake Victoria and named it (1827-1864)

  Familiarity information: JOHN HANNING SPEKE used as a noun is very rare.

• JOHN HANNING SPEKE (noun)

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Meaning:

English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered Lake Victoria and named it (1827-1864)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

John Hanning Speke; John Speke; Speke

Instance hypernyms:

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))