East Africa

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noun

a region of Africa comprising Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania

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Words nearby East Africa

easier said than done, easily, easiness, Easley, east, East Africa, East African, East African Community, East African oryx, East Anglia, East Anglian

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How to use East Africa in a sentence

About 2,500 cheetahs are known to live in East Africa, which includes Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
The $10 Billion Pet Cheetah and Chimp Industry|Sharon Adarlo|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Himba people are thought to have originally come from East Africa, but have been traveling the Skeleton Coast for centuries.
Namibia’s Spooky Skeleton Coast|Nina Strochlic|March 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The organization claims it is now the only cross-border anti-poaching unit in East Africa.
Frozen in Time: An Elegy to Africa’s Disappearing Species|Nico Hines|October 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There is, after all, a great deal of demand for doctors in East Africa.
Will the Young People Go Home Again?|Megan McArdle|June 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Endurance runners are more likely to come from East Africa and sprinters from West Africa.
What Makes a Great Olympian? Sometimes It’s Genetics|Jon Entine|August 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The territory, hitherto known as "Ibea," from the initials of the company, was now styled the East Africa protectorate.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
There were also several officials with high-sounding titles who were going out to their stations in German East Africa.
In Africa|John T. McCutcheon
They belonged to the governor and were going out to East Africa to found a colony of chickens.
In Africa|John T. McCutcheon
Two professional ivory hunters were starting for German East Africa by way of the lake.
In Africa|John T. McCutcheon
He himself ardently desired to become a missionary, his sympathies being especially drawn towards East Africa.
Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ|Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.