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Balaton

Balaton

1 7.2
A large shallow lake in western Hungary popular as a holiday place
  • proper noun
translation icon : Balatón
  • I headed towards the famous Lake Balaton.
  • Lake Balaton
  • Balaton, Hungary

Examples

  • Welcome to Lake Balaton.

  • Welcome to Lake Balaton.

    Spy (2015)

  • I stood looking out at the moonless night—"black dark," Lucy'd called it earlier—the darkness grasping at the blue glow of the BALATON sign across the street.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • After that, I spent a few days near Lake Balaton.

Synonyms

Lake Balaton
vsBalaton
1 5.3

A large shallow lake in western Hungary where people spend holidays

is the same lake but uses the common word lake in its name
Plattensee
vsBalaton
9.6

A large shallow lake in western Hungary that many people visit for holidays

is the same lake but uses the local name rather than the German form

Compounds

Lake Balaton
1 5.3

A large shallow lake in western Hungary where people spend holidays

Surface Forms

Balaton main

Etymology

Balaton probably comes from an old Slavic word blato, which means 'mud' or 'marsh'. So the lake's name originally meant a 'muddy' or 'marshy' lake, a fitting image for its wide, shallow waters.