Lake America

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Lake America

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From lake + America.

For sense 3 (“Lake Ontario”), on 27 August 2026, United States president Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename the waters of the lake bounded by the United States; the use of which would be mandated within the federal government. Compare Gulf of America.

proper noun

  1. A lake in Sardis, Panola, Mississippi, United States. They came into Lake America with transports and a gun-boat, and a large body of infantry and some cavalry, and made a descent on the Granicus cotton
  2. US, dated, euphemistic, humorous, rare Nickname for Afghanistan: A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; used by American political commentators, after the quick victorious invasion under United States president George W. Bush.

    Similar: Lake Victory

  3. US, neologism Synonym of Lake Ontario: a lake in North America, between Canada and United States in province of Ontario and state of New York, one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Google Maps users in the U.S. will see Lake America. Canadian users are supposed to see Lake Ontario. But Donald Trump's change is cropping up on several Canadian websites, leaving companies scrambling to fix the problem. Look for a branch location on the Scotiabank website, and there it is, Lake Am

    Similar: Lake Ontario

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"Lake America." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lake%20america. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Lake America. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lake%20america

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"Lake America." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lake%20america.

BibTeX
@misc{lake_america_2026,
  title = {Lake America},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lake%20america},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}