Latin names of lakes
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Users of Neo-Latin have taken the Latin language to places the Romans never went; hence a need arose to make Latin names of lakes that did not exist when Latin was a living language.
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[edit] List of names
| Latin | English Name, [(other name(s))] or [older name(s)], [province], [state] |
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| Lacus Sebinus | Lake Iseo |
| Lacus Benacus | Lake Garda |
| Lacus Albanus | Lake of Albano |
| Lacus Lemanus | Lake Geneva |
| Lacus Ceresius | Lake Lugano |
| Lacus Verbanus | Lake Maggiore |
| Lacus Bodamicus | Lake Constance |
| Lacus Digitarum | Finger Lakes, New York |
| Lacus Eriarum | Lake Erie in the Great Lakes |
| Lacus Huronorum | Lake Huron in the Great Lakes |
| Lacus Magni | Great Lakes |
| Lacus Ontario | Lake Ontario in the Great Lakes |
| Lacus Slavus Major | Great Slave Lake, NWT |
| Lacus Superior | Lake Superior in the Great Lakes |
| Lacus Ursa Major | Great Bear Lake, NWT |
| Vinnipegosis | Lake Winnipegosis, Manitoba |
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