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Gombe noun
- a state of Nigeria, in the NE. Capital: Gombe. Pop: 2 353 879(2006). Area: 18 768 sq km (7246 sq miles)
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Wednesday, October 4th, found them traveling toward the Gombe River.
Stanley’s Adventures in the Wilds of Africa
Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher Johnson
He had never seen such a hunters paradise as that on the river Gombe, which waters the country.
James P. Boyd
We crept along the plain noiselessly to our camp on the banks of the sluggish waters of the Gombe.
Henry M. Stanley
On the 7th of February we arrived at the Gombe, and camped near one of its largest lakes.
Henry M. Stanley
We were now in Ukonongo, having entered this district when we crossed the Gombe creek.
Henry M. Stanley