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Definition of Lakes
1. Proper noun. (pluralonly)The Lake District is also known as the '''Lakes''' or Lakeland. It is a rural area in North West England. ¹
2. Noun. (plural of lake) ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of lake) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lakes
1. lake [n] - See also: lake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lakes
Literary usage of Lakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"Official surveyors have mapped the lakes of France and Switzerland by means of
the most elaborate and accurate soundings ever made ; indeed, there are few, ..."
2. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"The practice of the States seems to favour the opinion of the majority of writers,
for special treaties frequently arrange what portions of such lakes and ..."
3. 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. ..."
4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"765), issued directions which were to govern the survey of the bed of non-navigable
lakes and other like bodies of water which had been meandered at the ..."
5. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1918)
"On the Great lakes the order of development was canoe, ... The flat-boat had
little place on the Great lakes because of lack of current; while the sail ..."
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