Great Lakes
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Great Lakes
- /ɡɹeɪt.leɪks/ UK
proper noun the Great Lakes · Great Lake
- 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. A ship called the Vandalia out of Oswego is widely credited as the first propeller-driven steamship on the Great Lakes in 1841.
- A settlement in the city of North Chicago, Lake County, Illinois, around Great Lakes station, named after the Naval Station Great Lakes.
- A group of lakes located in and around the East African Rift, including Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi, and several others.
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name a group of five lakes on the United States–Canada border
| Español | Grandes Lagos |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 오대호 Odaeho |
| 日本語 | 五大湖 Godaiko |
| 中文 | 五大湖 Wǔ Dà Hú |
| हिन्दी | विशाल झीलें viśāl jhīlẽ |
| Português | Grandes Lagos |
| Français | Grands Lacs |
| Deutsch | Große Seen |
| Italiano | Grandi Laghi |
| Ελληνικά | Μεγάλες Λίμνες Megáles Límnes |
| Română | Marile Lacuri |
| Русский | Вели́кие озёра Velíkije ozjóra |
| Tiếng Việt | Ngũ Đại Hồ, Hồ Lớn Bắc Mỹ |
| العربية | اَلْبُحَيْرَات اَلْعُظْمَى al-buḥayrāt al-ʕuẓmā |
| עברית | הימות הגדולות ha-yámot ha-gadólot |
name a group of lakes located in and around the East African Rift
| Kiswahili | Maziwa Makuu |
|---|---|
| Tiếng Việt | Hồ Lớn châu Phi, Đại Hồ châu Phi, Đại Hồ Phi châu |
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@misc{great_lakes_2026,
title = {Great Lakes},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/great%20lakes},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
