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• Lake of the Four Forest Cantons — Lake Lucerne (Switzerland) …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

• Lake Lucerne — Infobox lake lake name = Lake Lucerne Vierwaldstättersee image lake = Weggis.jpg caption lake = View from Weggis image bathymetry = Karte Vierwaldstättersee.png|caption bathymetry = map location = Central Switzerland coords =… …   Wikipedia

• lake — lake1 /layk/, n. 1. a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. 2. any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil. 3. (go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.) [bef. 1000; ME lak(e) …   Universalium

• Lake — /layk/, n. Simon, 1866 1945, U.S. engineer and naval architect. * * * I Relatively large body of slow moving or standing water that occupies an inland basin. Lakes are most abundant in high northern latitudes and in mountain regions, particularly …   Universalium

• Lake Constance — This article is about the European lake. For the lake in New Zealand, see Lake Constance, New Zealand. Constance Lake redirects here. For the First Nations community in Canada, see Constance Lake First Nation. Lake Constance Bodensee …   Wikipedia

• four — /fawr, fohr/, n. 1. a cardinal number, three plus one. 2. a symbol of this number, 4 or IV or IIII. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with four pips. 5. fours, Jazz. alternate four bar… …   Universalium

• Four Forest Cantons — geographical name the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, & Lucerne in central Switzerland surrounding Lake of Lucerne …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy — History of Switzerland This article is part of a series Early history …   Wikipedia

• Lucerne, Lake — German Vierwaldstättersee ( Lake of the Four Forest Cantons ) Lake, central Switzerland. It is 24 mi (39 km) long and 0.5 to 2 mi (0.8 to 3 km) wide, with an area of 44 sq mi (114 sq km). It has a maximum depth of 702 ft (214 m). The Cross of… …   Universalium

• List of enclaves and exclaves — In political geography, an enclave is a piece of land which is totally surrounded by a foreign territory, and an exclave is one which is politically attached to a larger piece but not actually contiguous with it. Many entities are both enclaves… …   Wikipedia