Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
Lake Eyre

Lake Eyre

1 5.5
A shallow salt lake in south central Australia that sometimes fills after rain
  • proper noun
translation icon : Lago Eyre
  • Rainfall in the region can cause Lake Eyre to briefly fill with water, attracting many species of birds.

Examples

  • When Lake Eyre is dry, it becomes an expansive salt pan visible from space.

  • Tourists visit Lake Eyre for its unique landscapes and salt flats.

  • I visited Lake Eyre last summer.

  • Did you know that Lake Eyre is the lowest point in Australia?

  • Tourists flock to see the unique wildlife that inhabits Lake Eyre.

  • During heavy rainfall, the area around Lake Eyre transforms into a beautiful wetland.

  • Many photographers capture stunning sunsets reflected over the surface of Lake Eyre.

Synonyms

Eyre
vsLake Eyre
22 8.2

A large shallow salt lake in south central Australia that is the country's largest lake and lowest point

is the full name form rather than the shorter name

Surface Forms

Lake Eyre main

Morphology

lake + Eyre

The compound follows a common place-name pattern where 'lake' supplies the clear semantic category and 'Eyre' is a proper name, so a learner who knows both constituents will understand this refers to a lake called Eyre. Specific encyclopedic details in the full definition (e.g. salt, shallow, lowest point in Australia) are not derivable from the words, but the core referential meaning is immediately predictable across languages.

Etymology

Lake Eyre takes its name from the explorer Edward John Eyre, who travelled through that part of Australia in the 1800s. So the lake's name is his surname and today it simply refers to the large, shallow salt lake in central Australia.