Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva, known in French as Lac Léman, is one of the largest lakes in western Europe. It lies on the course of the Rhone river on the frontier between France and Switzerland.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Switzerland and France
- Also known as: “Ĝeneva Lago”, “Geneva Lake”, “Genferséi”, “Jeneva ko‘li”, “Jeneva Ko‘li”, “Jeneva ko’li”, “Jeneva Ko’li”, “Jeneva ko`li”, “Jeneva Ko`li”, “Jeneva Koʻli”, “Lac de Geneve”, “lac de Genève”, “Lac de Genève”, “lac Léman”, “lago di Ginevra”, “Lake Leman”, “Lake Léman”, “Lake of Geneva”, “le Léman”, “Leman”, “Lemano ežeras”, “llac de Ginebra”, “Meer van Geneve”, “Λίμνη Λεμάν”, “Леман”, “செநீவா ஏரி”, “ജനീവാ തടാകം”, “ലീമൻ തടാകം”, and “日内瓦湖”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Prex and Buchillon.
Saint-Prex
Village
Buchillon
Village
Étoy
Village
Étoy is a municipality of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, located in the district of Morges.
Lake Geneva
- Categories: glacial lake and body of water
- Location: Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.4377° or 46° 26′ 16″ north
Longitude
6.4691° or 6° 28′ 9″ east
Elevation
372 metres (1,220 feet)
Open location code
8FR8CFQ9+3J
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lake Geneva” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Meer van Genève”
- Albanian: “Liqeni i Gjenevës”
- Albanian: “Liqeni i Zhenevës”
- Arabic: “بحيرة ليمان”
- Aragonese: “Laco Chinevra”
- Armenian: “Ժնևի լիճ”
- Arpitan: “Lèman”
- Azerbaijani: “Cenevrə gölü”
- Bashkir: “Женева күле”
- Basque: “Léman”
- Belarusian: “Жэнеўскае возера”
- Belarusian: “Жэнэўскае возера”
- Bosnian: “Ženevsko jezero”
- Breton: “Lenn Geneva”
- Bulgarian: “Женевско езеро”
- Catalan: “Lemanus Lacus”
- Catalan: “llac Léman”
- Catalan: “Llac Léman”
- Cebuano: “Lake Geneva (lanaw sa Swisa)”
- Cebuano: “Lake Geneva”
- Central Bikol: “Danaw Geneva”
- Chinese: “日內瓦湖”
- Chinese: “莱芒湖”
- Chinese: “萊芒湖”
- Chuvash: “Çĕн Йăва кӳлли”
- Croatian: “Ženevsko jezero”
- Czech: “Ženevské jezero”
- Danish: “Genevesøen”
- Dutch: “Meer van Genève”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ليمان”
- Esperanto: “Lemano”
- Estonian: “Genfi järv”
- Finnish: “Genevejärvi”
- Finnish: “Genevenjärvi”
- French: “Lac Léman”
- French: “Léman”
- Galician: “Lago Léman”
- Georgian: “ჟენევის ტბა”
- German: “Genfer See”
- German: “Genfersee”
- Greek: “Λίμνη της Γενεύης”
- Hausa: “Tafkin Geneva”
- Hebrew: “אגם ז’נבה”
- Hindi: “जेनेवा झील”
- Hungarian: “Genfi-tó”
- Icelandic: “Genfarvatn”
- Ido: “Léman”
- Indonesian: “Danau Jenewa”
- Interlingua: “Lemano”
- Irish: “Loch na Ginéive”
- Italian: “Lago di Ginevra”
- Italian: “lago Lemano”
- Italian: “Lago Lemano”
- Japanese: “レマン湖”
- Javanese: “Tlaga Jenéwa”
- Kazakh: “Женева көлі”
- Kirghiz: “Женева көлү”
- Korean: “레만호”
- Latin: “Lacus Lemannus”
- Latin: “Lemanus Lacus”
- Latvian: “Ženēvas ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Ženevos ežeras”
- Lombard: “Lagh de Ginevra”
- Luxembourgish: “Genfer Séi”
- Macedonian: “Женевско Езеро”
- Malagasy: “Farihin’i Geneva”
- Malagasy: “farihy Léman”
- Malay: “Tasik Geneva”
- Malayalam: “ജെനീവാ തടാകം, യൂറോപ്പ്”
- Malayalam: “ജെനീവാ തടാകം”
- Marathi: “जिनिव्हा सरोवर”
- Mingrelian: “ჟენევაშ ტობა”
- Mongolian: “Женев нуур”
- Northern Frisian: “Genfer Sia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Genèvesjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Genfersjøen”
- Norwegian: “Genèvesjøen”
- Norwegian: “Genfersjøen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Lac Leman”
- Persian: “دریاچه ژنو”
- Persian: “دریاچه لمان”
- Piemontese: “Lagh Leman”
- Polish: “Jezioro Genewskie”
- Portuguese: “Lago Léman”
- Romanian: “Lacul Geneva”
- Romansh: “Lai da Genevra”
- Russian: “Женевское озеро”
- Serbian: “Женевско језеро”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ženevsko jezero”
- Sicilian: “Lacu di Ginevra”
- Slovak: “Ženevské jazero”
- Slovenian: “Ženevsko jezero”
- Spanish: “Lago Lemán”
- Spanish: “Lemán”
- Swedish: “Genèvesjön”
- Swiss German: “Gänfersee”
- Swiss German: “Genfersee”
- Tamil: “செனீவா ஏரி”
- Tamil: “ஜெனீவா ஏரி”
- Tatar: “Женева күле”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบเจนีวา”
- Turkish: “Cenevre Gölü”
- Turkish: “Leman Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Женевське озеро”
- Urdu: “جنیوا جھیل”
- Uzbek: “Jeneva koʻli”
- Venetian: “Lago Leman”
- Veps: “Ženevan jarv‘”
- Veps: “Ženevan järv”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Genève”
- Waray (Philippines): “Danaw Geneva”
- Welsh: “Llyn Léman”
- Western Armenian: “Ժընեւի Լիճ”
- Western Panjabi: “جھیل جنیوا”
- Wu Chinese: “莱芒湖”
- Yue Chinese: “勒芒湖”
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