Lake Geneva
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- proper noun
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Lago de Ginebra
- In July 1938, at an international conference held at Evian, on the shores of Lake Geneva, 32 nations, including Britain and the United States, discussed the problem of those who were trying to escape from Nazi persecution.
- shore of Lake Geneva
- overlooking Lake Geneva
Examples
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In 1930-31, a 15-month stay for Zelda in a sanatorium on Lake Geneva cost $13,000.
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...when entering Lake Geneva, this river is clear blue upon exiting.
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I fucking love Lake Geneva.
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Fell out of the sleigh over Lake Geneva.
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Be good I've found a safe place for us to spend the night at Lake Geneva.
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In the summer of 1816, Lord Byron rented a villa on Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
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When my husband wasn't working, we took a drive around the north side of Lake Geneva, stopping in the little towns along the way to Lausanne.
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LAKE GENEVA
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He also has shared similar pics like yours of Mont Blanc and Lake Geneva, but, gee, he didn't seem to have one of the Bernina shop!
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Fishing on Lake Geneva is pretty good right now.
Synonyms
A large lake between Switzerland and France that the Rhône River flows through
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward toponym formed by combining 'lake' (a body of water) with 'Geneva' (the place name), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a lake associated with Geneva. Geographical naming of this form is cross-linguistically common and follows standard compositional patterns, making the meaning predictable from the constituents.
Etymology
Lake Geneva is named after the city of Geneva, which sits at the lake's western end, so people began calling the big body of water by the city's name. That's why Lake Geneva means 'the lake by Geneva'.