Lake Tai

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Lake Tai

/leɪk ˈtaɪ/

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Partial calque from Mandarin 太湖 (Tài Hú, “the Great Lake”).

proper noun Tai Lake

a large freshwater lake west of Shanghai in eastern China SOUTCHEOU, a city of the firſt rank, in the province of Kiangnan, in China, beautifully and agreeably ſituated on a river which communicates with the Lake Tai.
Similar: Lake Taihu, Taihu Lake, Taihu, Tai Hu

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name lake

日本語	太湖 Taiko
中文	太湖 Tài Hú

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@misc{lake_tai_2026,
  title = {Lake Tai},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lake%20tai},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}