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Neagh, Lough

(Encyclopedia)Neagh, Lough lŏkh nā [key], lake, 153 sq mi (396 sq km), 18 mi (29 km) long and 11 mi (18 km) wide, central Northern Ireland. This shallow lake is the largest freshwater body in the British Isles. F...

Biwa

(Encyclopedia)Biwa bēˈwä [key], lake, c.40 mi (60 km) long and from 2 to 12 mi (3.2–19 km) wide, Shiga prefecture, S Honshu, Japan. The lake, shaped like the biwa, a musical instrument, is the largest in Japan...

Willowick

(Encyclopedia)Willowick, city (1990 pop. 15,269), Lake co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland on Lake Erie; inc. 1924. It is chiefly residential.

Gokcha

(Encyclopedia)Gokcha, lake: see Sevan, lake, Armenia. ...

Enare

(Encyclopedia)Enare, lake: see Inari, lake, Finland. ...

Walensee

(Encyclopedia)Walensee, lake, Switzerland: see Wallenstadt, Lake of. ...

Elliott, Jesse Duncan

(Encyclopedia)Elliott, Jesse Duncan, 1782–1845, American naval officer, b. Hagerstown, Md. In the War of 1812, he helped capture two British vessels on Lake Erie and was made commander of the lake. He began build...

Fertő tó

(Encyclopedia)Fertő tó, lake: see Neusiedler Lake, Austria and Hungary. ...

Eastlake

(Encyclopedia)Eastlake, city (2020 pop. 17,918), Lake co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, on the Chagrin River and Lake Erie; inc. 1949. It has diversified light man...

Horton

(Encyclopedia)Horton, river, c.275 mi (440 km) long, rising in a lake N of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, and flowing NW to Franklin Bay, a part of the Beaufort Sea. ...