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Appendix: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.

Strategies for constructing Latin names

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List of names

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Latin English name (other names, older names, location)
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
Laci Magni Great Lakes
Lacus Michigan Lake Michigan in the 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 Ursae Majoris Great Bear Lake, NWT
Vinnipegosis Lake Winnipegosis, Manitoba
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