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Definition of Lake leman
1. Noun. A lake between southwestern Switzerland and France that is crossed from east to west by the Rhone.
Group relationships: France, French Republic, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland
Generic synonyms: Lake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lake Leman
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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