Lake Leman

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A city of southwest Switzerland located on Lake Geneva and bisected by the Rhone River. Originally an ancient Celtic settlement, it was a focal point of the Reformation after the arrival of John Calvin in 1536. Geneva was the headquarters of the League of Nations (1920-1946) and is still the site of many international organizations. Population: 179,000.

Geneva, Lake also Lake Le·man (l

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A lake on the Swiss-French border between the Alps and the Jura Mountains. It is traversed east to west by the Rhone River.

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Lake Leman - a lake between southwestern Switzerland and France that is crossed from east to west by the Rhone

Lake Geneva

France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland - a landlocked federal republic in central Europe

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Lake Geneva Schweiz Suisse Svizzera Swiss Confederation Switzerland			The Carfry nephew, it turned out, had been threatened with consumption, and had had to leave Harrow for Switzerland, where he had spent two years in the milder air of Lake Leman. The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context Yes, a fortnight since, and she died full of regret, which I could not chase from her mind; she kept repeating, even during the last night of her existence, 'Frances, you will be so lonely when I am gone, so friendless:' she wished too that she could have been buried in Switzerland, and it was I who persuaded her in her old age to leave the banks of Lake Leman, and to come, only as it seems to die, in this flat region of Flanders. The Professor by Bronte, Charlotte View in context			Lake Canandaigua Lake Cayuga Lake Chad Lake Champlain Lake Charles Lake Chelan Lake Clark National Park Lake Constance Lake District lake duck Lake dwellers lake dwelling Lake dwellings Lake Edward lake effect Lake Erie Lake Eyre Lake fly Lake Geneva lake herring Lake Huron Lake Ilmen Lake Keuka Lake Kivu Lake Ladoga Lake Leman Lake Malawi Lake Mead Lake Michigan Lake Nasser Lake Nyasa Lake of the Woods Lake Okeechobee Lake Onega Lake Ontario Lake Oswego Lake Placid Lake Poets Lake Powell Lake Saint Clair lake salmon Lake Seneca Lake St. Clair Lake sturgeon Lake Success Lake Superior Lake Tahoe Lake Tana Lake Tanganyika Lake Trasimenus lake trout			Lake Keret Lake Keuka Lake Keuka Lake Kissimmee State Park Lake Kivu Lake Kivu Lake Kizi Lake Kootenay Lake Koshkonong Wetland Association Lake Kovdozero Lake Kubenskoye Lake Kyoga Lake Kyoga Lake Labaz Lake Ladoga Lake Ladoga Lake Lanier Islands Lake Lanier Regional Library Lake Lanier Rowing Club Lake Lanier Sailing Club Lake Lanier Technology Alliance Lake Last Mountain Lake Laurentian Conservation Area Lake Lavon Fishing Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Recreation Area Lake Leelanau Lake Association Lake Leksozero Lake Leman Lake Lesser Slave Lake Lesser Slave Lake Lincoln State Park Lake Linden Hubbell Public Schools Lake Linden-Hubbell Public School Library Lake Linganore Conservation Society Lake Livingston State Park Lake Logan State Park Lake Loramie State Park Lake Lorraine State Park Lake Los Angeles School Lake Louisa State Park Lake Louise Recreation Area Lake Louise State Park Lake Louise State Recreation Area Lake Louise Winter Institute Lake Louise, Alberta Lake Lower Klamath Lake Lowndes Lake Lowndes State Park Lake Lucerne Lake Lucerne Lake Lucina Youth Association Lake Lugano Lake Lundgren Bible Camp Lake Lurleen State Park

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