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Definition of Lake geneva

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lake Geneva

Literary usage of Lake geneva

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

1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The beauties of lake geneva have been celebrated for centuries, and annually attract ... The principal places on lake geneva are: Geneva, Coppet, Nyon. ..."

2. The Inland Lakes of Wisconsin by Chancey Juday (1914)
"lake geneva. Geology.—A small portion of the western end of lake Geneva and the neighboring shore are underlain by Hudson River shales; but the remainder of ..."

3. The Chautauquan by Chautauqua Institution (1908)
"lake geneva: Its Scenery and Its Literary and Historical Memories. LONG before the rest of Switzerland had become known to the outside world as a place of ..."

4. Men and Times of the Revolution: Or, Memoirs of Elkanah Watson, Includng by Elkanah Watson, Winslow Cossoul Watson (1856)
"... Lake—Medical Practice —Pioneers—Healthiness of Savage Life—Seneca Falls—Canals—Prospects—Country—Seneca Lake—Geneva—Appletown—Indian Orchard—Gen. ..."

5. Travels Through Part of the United States and Canada in 1818 and 1819 by John Morison Duncan (1823)
"SENECA lake geneva. nel, drove dauntlessly forward, the horses dashed into the water, and very soon our bones bore testimony to the correctness of his ..."

6. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"Lausanne, on lake geneva, 215. While the Steamer Waits, 216. Castle and Cathedral, Lausanne, 216. On the Shore, 217. Castle of Chillon, «8. ..."

7. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"Lausanne, on lake geneva, 215. While the Steamer Waits, 216. Castle and Cathedral, Lausanne, 216. On the Shore, 217. Castle of Chillon, 218. ..."

8. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"Rousseau's Island, 2:0. Geneva—Rue de Mont Bl.inc, 211, Dogs at Work — Geneva, 212. lake geneva, 212. Castle of Chillón, 213. Lausanne, on lake geneva, 215. ..."

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