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Definition of Great lakes
1. Noun. A group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America.
Group relationships: Canada, America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Terms within: Erie, Lake Erie, Huron, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Lake Ontario, Ontario, Lake Superior, Superior
Definition of Great lakes
1. Proper noun. A group of five lakes on the United States-Canada border, consisting of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron (Lake Michigan–Huron), Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Great Lakes
Literary usage of Great lakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1865)
"THE great lakes: THEIR OUTLETS AND DEFENCES. FOUR years ago there appeared in
this magazine two articles upon the great lakes and their Harbors. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"great lakes only excelled in importance by that for white- fish. ... About 1885
the supply in the great lakes was diminished to an alarming extent; ..."
3. History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States by Emory Richard Johnson, Thurman William Van Metre, Grover Gerhardt Huebner, David Scott Hanchet (1915)
"Location of the early great lakes fisheries, 204. Fisheries of the great lakes
after 1870, 205. The culture offish for the great lakes, 206. ..."
4. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1854)
"THE TRADE AND COMMERCE OF THE great lakes. The Commerce of these great inland
seas, says the Toronto Leader, is acquiring a magnitude and importance which ..."
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