Definition of Kisumu

1. Noun. A port city in western Kenya on the northeastern shore of Lake Victoria; fishing and trading center.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Kenya, Republic Of Kenya

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kisumu

Kiruna
Kirundi
Kirwan
Kisch's reflex
Kisenyi sheep disease virus
Kiseri
Kish
Kishar
Kishinev
Kishinyov
Kishoreganj District
Kisi
Kislev
Kissinger
Kissingerian
Kisumu (current term)
Kiswahili
Kit Carson
Kitakyushu
Kitasato's bacillus
Kitchener
Kitchener stitch
Kitler
Kitson
Kittitian
Kittitians
Kittsian
Kittsians
Kitty Litter

Literary usage of Kisumu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Uganda's Katikiro in England: Being the Offical Account of His Visit to the by Ham Mukasa, Ernest Millar (1904)
"... CHAPTER I The start—Crossing the lake—Kisumu—First impressions of the train —First experience of cold on Mau escarpment—Arrival at Mombasa ON May 6th,, ..."

2. Kenya by Eva Ambros (1999)
"Kisumu The trip to Kisumu from Nairobi, a stretch of 350 kilometers, can be made quite ... Today, it is named Kisumu and is Kenya's third-largest city. ..."

3. Tramps Round the Mountains of the Moon and Through the Back Gate of the by T. Broadwood Johnson (1909)
"The slender fishing- craft, a study in equilibrium—Uganda canoes—At Kisumu : the Administration, market, Missions—Sese Island paddlers — Racing a ..."

4. Report Upon the Basin of the Upper Nile: With Proposals for the Improvement by William Garstin, C. E. Dupuis (1904)
"Again, in 1901, a rise was shown on the Entebbe gauge, some 0.30 metres higher than that at either Jinja or Kisumu. This would certainly look as if ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Naivasha and Kisumu, which adjoin the Victoria Nyanza. formed at first the eastern ... Kisumu or Port Florence (a term confined to the harbour) is a ..."

6. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1902)
"Kisumu, raised beach 1 mile from shore of Lake Victoria Nyanza. 6. ... Kisumu, three-quarters of a mile from lake. Phonolite. 11. ..."

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