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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Switzerland and France
- Also known as: “Geneva Lake”, “Lac de Genève”, “Lake Leman”, “Lake Léman”, “Lake of Geneva”, and “le Léman”
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Prex and Buchillon.
Saint-Prex
Village
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Saint-Prex is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. In 1973, St-Prex was awarded the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.
Buchillon
Village
Buchillon is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges.
Étoy
Village
Etoy 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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Satellite Map
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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 de Ginebra”
- Catalan: “llac Léman”
- Catalan: “Llac Léman”
- Cebuano: “Lake Geneva (lanaw sa Swisa)”
- Cebuano: “Lake Geneva”
- Central Bikol: “Danaw Geneva”
- Chinese: “勒芒湖”
- Chinese: “日內瓦湖”
- Chinese: “日内瓦湖”
- Chinese: “莱芒湖”
- Chinese: “萊芒湖”
- Chuvash: “Çĕн Йăва кӳлли”
- Croatian: “Ženevsko jezero”
- Czech: “Ženevské jezero”
- Danish: “Genevesøen”
- Dutch: “Geneva Lake”
- Dutch: “Lac de Geneve”
- Dutch: “Lac Leman”
- Dutch: “Lac Léman”
- Dutch: “Meer van Geneve”
- Dutch: “Meer van Genève”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ليمان”
- Esperanto: “Ĝeneva Lago”
- Esperanto: “Geneva Lake”
- Esperanto: “Lemano”
- Estonian: “Genfi järv”
- Finnish: “Genevejärvi”
- Finnish: “Genevenjärvi”
- French: “Grand Lac”
- French: “Haut Lac”
- French: “lac de Genève”
- French: “lac Léman”
- French: “Lac Léman”
- French: “Léman”
- French: “Petit Lac”
- Galician: “Lago Léman”
- Georgian: “ჟენევის ტბა”
- German: “Geneva Lake”
- German: “Genfer See”
- German: “Genfersee”
- German: “Lac Léman”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Λεμάν”
- Greek: “Λίμνη της Γενεύης”
- 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 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: “Genferséi”
- Macedonian: “Женевско Езеро”
- Malagasy: “Farihin’i Geneva”
- Malagasy: “farihy Léman”
- Malay: “Tasik Geneva”
- Malayalam: “ജനീവാ തടാകം”
- Malayalam: “ജെനീവാ തടാകം, യൂറോപ്പ്”
- Malayalam: “ജെനീവാ തടാകം”
- Malayalam: “ലീമൻ തടാകം”
- Marathi: “जिनिव्हा सरोवर”
- Mingrelian: “ჟენევაშ ტობა”
- Mongolian: “Женев нуур”
- Northern Frisian: “Genfer Sia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Genèvesjøen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Genfersjøen”
- 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”
- Russian: “Леман”
- Serbian: “Женевско језеро”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ženevsko jezero”
- Sicilian: “Lacu di Ginevra”
- Slovak: “Ženevské jazero”
- Slovenian: “Ženevsko jezero”
- Spanish: “Lago Lemán”
- Spanish: “Leman”
- Spanish: “Lemán”
- Swedish: “Genèvesjön”
- Swiss German: “Gänfersee”
- Tamil: “செநீவா ஏரி”
- Tamil: “செனீவா ஏரி”
- Tamil: “ஜெனீவா ஏரி”
- Tatar: “Женева күле”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบเจนีวา”
- Tosk Albanian: “Genfersee”
- Turkish: “Cenevre Gölü”
- Turkish: “Leman Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Женевське озеро”
- Urdu: “جنیوا جھیل”
- Uzbek: “Jeneva ko‘li”
- Uzbek: “Jeneva Ko‘li”
- Uzbek: “Jeneva ko’li”
- Uzbek: “Jeneva Ko’li”
- Uzbek: “Jeneva ko`li”
- Uzbek: “Jeneva Ko`li”
- Uzbek: “Jeneva koʻli”
- Uzbek: “Jeneva Koʻli”
- Uzbek: “Leman”
- 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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