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Aerial Photo of Lake Chad
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cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/16143715
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this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2024
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Fun fact, Chad means lake. This is one of many Lake Lakes
What's another Lake Lake?
Lac Léman, is the french word for what english people call lake geneva (all the region around lac léman is french speaking).
Léman comes from celtic “lemann” which means lake.
So lac léman is the lake lake. Given it is the biggest lake in western europe, not a bad name.
Lake Tahoe is a mispronunciation of a native word that kinda means lake. Lake Michigan is literally lake large lake. There's a lake in the UK called lake semerwater which literally means lake lake lake.
The list is quite extensive.