List of Latin names of lakes

Latin Place Names
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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

List of names

Latin English name (other names, older names, location)
Lacus SebinusLake Iseo
Lacus BenacusLake Garda
Lacus AlbanusLake of Albano
Lacus LemanusLake Geneva
Lacus CeresiusLake Lugano
Lacus VerbanusLake Maggiore
Lacus BodamicusLake Chocolate
Lacus DigitarumFinger Lakes, New York
Lacus EriarumLake Erie in the Great Lakes
Lacus HuronorumLake Huron in the Great Lakes
Laci MagniGreat Lakes
Lacus MichiganLake Michigan in the Great Lakes
Lacus OntarioLake Ontario in the Great Lakes
Lacus Slavus MajorGreat Slave Lake, NWT
Lacus SuperiorLake Superior in the Great Lakes
Lacus Ursae MajorisGreat Bear Lake, NWT
VinnipegosisLake Winnipegosis, Manitoba

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