Lake Okeechobee

Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater in the U.S. state of . It is the eighth-largest natural freshwater lake among the 50 states of the United States and the second-largest natural freshwater lake contained entirely within the , after .
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: freshwater lake in the state of Florida, USA
  • Also known as: Big Water”, “Florida’s Inland Sea”, “Lac de Mayaco”, “Lagoona Mayax”, “Lagoona Mayux”, “Laguna de Maymi”, “Laguna de Miami”, “Lake Macaco”, “Lake Maini”, “Lake Majaco”, “Lake Major”, “Lake Mavaco”, “Lake Mayaimi”, “Lake Maymi”, “Lake Myacco”, “Lake Myaxo”, “Lake O-kee-cho-bee”, and “Lake Okechobee

Lake Okeechobee

Latitude
26.94869° or 26° 56′ 55″ north
Longitude
-80.79658° or 80° 47′ 48″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
76RXW6X3+F9
Geo­Names ID
4166833
Wiki­data ID
Q202905
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Lake Okeechobee” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بحيرة أوكي تشوبي
  • Armenian: Օկիչոբի
  • Bulgarian: Окичоби
  • Catalan: Okeechobee
  • Chinese: 奥基乔比湖
  • Chinese: 奧基喬比湖
  • Chinese: 歐基求碧湖
  • Chuvash: Окичоби
  • Czech: Okeechobee
  • Dutch: Okeechobeemeer
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيرة اوكيتشوبى
  • Esperanto: lago Okeechobee
  • Esperanto: lago Okiĉibio
  • Esperanto: lago Okiĉobi
  • Esperanto: Lago Okiĉobi
  • Estonian: Okeechobee järv
  • Finnish: Okeechobeejärvi
  • French: lac Okeechobee
  • French: Lac Okeechobee
  • Georgian: ოკიჩობის ტბა
  • German: Okeechobeesee
  • Greek: Λίμνη Οκητσόμπη
  • Greek: Οκιτσόμπι
  • Greek: Οουκητσόουμπη
  • Hebrew: אגם אוקיצ’ובי
  • Hungarian: Okeechobbee-tó
  • Italian: lago Okeechobee
  • Italian: Lago Okeechobee
  • Japanese: オキーチョビー湖
  • Korean: 오키초비호
  • Latin: Lacus Okeechobee
  • Latvian: Okīčobī
  • Lithuanian: Okičobis
  • Macedonian: Окичоби
  • Mingrelian: ოკიჩობი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Okeechobeesjøen
  • Norwegian: Okeechobeesjøen
  • Persian: دریاچه اوکی‌چوبی
  • Polish: Okeechobee
  • Portuguese: Lago Okeechobee
  • Russian: Окичоби
  • Serbian: Окичоби
  • Slovenian: Floridsko notranje morje
  • Slovenian: Lake Okeechobee
  • Spanish: lago Okeechobee
  • Spanish: Lago Okeechobee
  • Swedish: Lake Okeechobee
  • Turkish: Okeechobee Gölü
  • Ukrainian: Окічобі
  • Venetian: lago Okeechobee
  • Welsh: Llyn Okeechobee
  • Western Frisian: Okeechobee-mar
  • Western Frisian: Okeechobeemar
  • Yue Chinese: 奧基喬比湖

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