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Great Lakes
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Great Lakes
A group of five freshwater lakes of central North America between the United States and Canada, including Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, Ontario, and Michigan. French traders first sighted the lakes in the early 17th century. Today the Great Lakes connect Midwestern ports with the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Great Lakes
pl n
(Placename) a group of five lakes in central North America with connecting waterways: the largest group of lakes in the world: consists of Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, which are divided by the border between the US and Canada and Lake Michigan, which is wholly in the US; constitutes the most important system of inland waterways in the world, discharging through the St Lawrence into the Atlantic. Total length: 3767 km (2340 miles). Area: 246 490 sq. km (95 170 sq. miles)
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Noun1.Great Lakes - a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North AmericaGreat Lakes - a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America
Canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"
U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
Lake Erie, Erie - the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal
Huron, Lake Huron - the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes
Lake Michigan, Michigan - the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders
Lake Ontario, Ontario - the smallest of the Great Lakes
Lake Superior, Superior - the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes
Translations
Great Lakes npl
the Great Lakes → les Grands Lacs mpl
Great Lakes npl the Great Lakesi Grandi Laghi


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