Definition of Lake Leman

1. Noun. A lake between southwestern Switzerland and France that is crossed from east to west by the Rhone.

Exact synonyms: Lake Geneva
Group relationships: France, French Republic, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland
Generic synonyms: Lake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lake Leman

Lake Chad
Lake Champlain
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Lake Chelan
Lake Clark National Park
Lake Constance
Lake District
Lake Erie
Lake Eyre
Lake Geneva
Lake Huron
Lake Huron-Michigan
Lake Ilmen
Lake Kivu
Lake Ladoga
Lake Leman (current term)
Lake Malar
Lake Mead
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan-Huron
Lake Miwok
Lake Mälaren
Lake Okeechobee
Lake Onega
Lake Ontario
Lake Peipus
Lake Saint Clair
Lake St. Clair
Lake Superior

Literary usage of Lake Leman

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

1. Pencillings by the Way: Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1853)
"The day altogether had begun like a chapter In a romance. w Lake Leman wooed us ... the forecastle—and so jou have the programme of a day on Lake Leman. ..."

2. Switzerland: The Country and Its People by Clarence Rook (1907)
"... CHAPTER VII Lake Leman IN SPRING SWITZERLAND, it must be confessed, is a most businesslike little country. After many centuries of tumult, turmoil, ..."

3. Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home by Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1841)
"Lake Leman you and all the civilized world have by heart through Byron's poetry and Rousseau's eloquent descriptions; and what a world of tiresome ..."

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