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SPEKE
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• SPEKE (noun)
The noun 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: SPEKE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
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))
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