Lake Superior
A lake in Canada and the United States: the largest of the Great Lakes, the largest…A lake in Canada and the United States: the largest of the Great Lakes, the largest freshwater lake in the world by area, and the third largest freshwater lake in the world by volume.
» Tom drowned in Lake Superior three years ago.
Tom ist vor drei Jahren im Oberen See ertrunken. — Esperantostern
Tom ertrank vor drei Jahren im Oberen See. — Esperantostern
Том утонул в Верхнем озере три года тому назад. — Balamax
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1 sensesA lake in Canada and the United States: the largest of the Great Lakes, the largest freshwater lake in the world by area, and the third largest freshwater lake in the world by volume.
Oberer See
Ве́рхнее о́зероVérxneje ózero
Озеро ВерхнєOzero Verxnje
Examples
4 sentencesTom drowned in Lake Superior three years ago.
ruТом утонул в Верхнем озере три года тому назад. — Balamax
deTom ist vor drei Jahren im Oberen See ertrunken. — Esperantostern
Bodies don't decompose in Lake Superior due to the temperature.
We went for a scenic drive as far as Lake Superior.
Many common mammals found along the shores of Lake Superior are conspicuously absent from this isle.
Translations
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Origin
lake + superior. Calque of French lac Supérieur (“uppermost lake”), from lac+supérieur, nalake + superior. Calque of French lac Supérieur (“uppermost lake”), from lac+supérieur, named by 17th-century French explorers for its location as the furthest upstream and highest in altitude of the Great Lakes. By surface analysis, a proprialization from superior.
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