Tanzania inyika iri mumabvazuva kweAfrica muDunhu reNyanza Huru. Tanzania yakakomberedzwa nenyika dzinoti: Kenya neUganda kumaodzanyemba; Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, neBurundi kumadokero; uye Zambia, Malawi neMozambique kuchamhembe. Kumuganhu wekumabvazuva kune Gungwa India. Gomo reKilimanjaro rinova ndiro gomo rakanyanya kukwirira muAfrica rinowanokwa kuMaodzanyemba kwakadziva kuMadokero kweTanzania. Ko izwi rokuti Tanganyika rakabvepi? Zigula vanoti kutanganya (1. mixing together, mix together; 2. jumble up; 3. to add to). Kutanganyika (1. mix, mixing; 2. breed, breeding; 3. merge, merging). VaZigula vanoti Kabila zose mbiri zitanganyika - (Both these two tribes have merged) kureva marudzi maviri akabatanidzwa. VaGanda vanoti ng'anya (to collect; gather together). VaGanda vanoti ng'anyika (to gather together; to assemble). VaTakwane vanoti taganyiha (v. mix, season).