Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A waterfall, 108 m (354 ft) high, of south-central Africa in the Zambezi River between southwest Zambia and northwest Zimbabwe. British explorer David Livingstone named the falls for Queen Victoria when he sighted them in 1855.
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- proper noun a
waterfall located in southern Africa on theZambezi river between the countries ofZambia andZimbabwe
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- noun a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil
- noun a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally
Etymologies
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The Victoria Falls are a natural attraction shared by Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Africa's renaissance for the environment~ environment for peace and regional cooperation 2009
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And Percy von Lipinski sent this video of his trip to Victoria Falls, which is located on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia.
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In Zambia, Victoria Falls, which is said to be the largest sheets of falling water in the world.
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Efforts to rename Victoria Falls have been stalled by fears of harming tourism at the world-famous landmark on the Zambezi River.
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While the visual world was stunning, the computer generated environment of Pandora doesn't hold a candle to real world locations such as Victoria Falls, the Grand Canyon, or even a "Shire" where vegetation was allowed to grow for over a year before filming LOTR.
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Residents who every day face stinking brooks have sardonically named the township "Victoria Falls" after the waterfall, the country's main tourist attraction, first discovered by explorer
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With international attractions such as Victoria Falls, the Great Zimbabwe stone ruins, Lake Kariba, and extensive wildlife, tourism historically has been a significant segment of the economy and contributor of foreign exchange.
ScreenTalk 2010
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With international attractions such as Victoria Falls, the Great Zimbabwe stone ruins, Lake Kariba, and extensive wildlife, tourism historically has been a significant segment of the economy and contributor of foreign exchange.
ScreenTalk 2010
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How is a financially bankrupt government that is unable to adequately and fairly remunerate its civil service be as self-indulgent as to splash scarce foreign currency on itself at an expensive tourist resort such as Victoria Falls with reckless abandon?
unknown title 2009
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With international attractions such as Victoria Falls, the Great Zimbabwe stone ruins, Lake Kariba, and extensive wildlife, tourism historically has been a significant segment of the economy and contributor of foreign exchange.
unknown title 2009
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