East African

adjective

: of or relating to eastern Africa or its inhabitants

—usually used in reference to the countries of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Somalia

East African national parks

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined above

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