English
Etymology
From French lac Supérieur (“uppermost lake”), named by 17th-century French explorers for its location as the furthest upstream and highest in altitude of the Great Lakes. By surface analysis, a proprialization from superior.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌleiːk suːˈpiɹiɚ/, [ˌleiːk̥ sʌːˈpʰiɹiɚ], [ˌleiːk̥ sɪu̯ːˈpʰiɹiɚ]
Proper noun
Lake Superior
- A lake in North America: the largest of the Great Lakes, the largest freshwater lake in the world by area, and the third largest freshwater lake in the world by volume.
- Alternative form: Superior (ellipsis)
- Synonym: Gitche Gumee
Translations
the lake
- Afrikaans: Bowemeer
- Albanian: Liqeni i Sipërm
- Arabic: بُحَيْرَة سُوبِيرِيوُر f (buḥayra(t) sūbīrīwur)
- Armenian: Վերին լիճ (Verin lič)
- Azerbaijani: Yuxarı göl
- Basque: Superior
- Belarusian: Верхняе возера n (Vjerxnjaje vózjera)
- Bengali: সুপিরিয়র হ্রদ (śupiriẏor hrod)
- Breton: Lenn Superior m
- Bulgarian: Го́рно е́зеро n (Górno ézero)
- Burmese: စူပါရီယားရေကန် (cupariya:rekan)
- Catalan: llac Superior m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 蘇必利爾湖 / 苏必利尔湖 (zh) (Sūbìlì'ěr Hú) (Mainland China), 蘇必略湖 / 苏必略湖 (zh) (Sūbìlüè Hú) (Taiwan)
- Czech: Hořejší jezero n
- Danish: Øvre sø c
- Dutch: Bovenmeer n
- Esperanto: Supra Lago
- Estonian: Ülemjärv
- Finnish: Yläjärvi (fi)
- French: lac Supérieur (fr) m
- Frisian:
- West Frisian: Boppemar
- Galician: Lago Superior m
- Georgian: ზემო ტბა (zemo ṭba)
- German: Oberer See (de) m
- Greek: Λίμνη Σουπίριορ f (Límni Soupírior)
- Hebrew: ימת סופיריור f (yamá supérior)
- Hindi: सुपीरियर झील (supīriyar jhīl)
- Hungarian: Felső-tó (hu)
- Indonesian: Danau Superior
- Irish: Loch Superior m
- Italian: lago Superiore m
- Japanese: スペリオル湖 (Superioru-ko)
- Kannada: ಸುಪೀರಿಯರ್ ಸರೋವರ (supīriyar sarōvara)
- Kazakh: Жоғарғы Көл (Joğarğy Köl)
- Korean: 슈피리어호 (Syupirieoho)
- Kyrgyz: Жогорку көл (Jogorku köl)
- Latvian: Augšezers m
- Lithuanian: Aukštutinis ežeras m
- Macedonian: Горно Езеро n (Gorno Ezero)
- Malay: Tasik Superior
- Malayalam: സുപ്പീരിയർ തടാകം (suppīriyaṟ taṭākaṁ)
- Marathi: सुपिरियर सरोवर (supiriyar sarovar)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Øvresjøen m
- Nynorsk: Øvresjøen m
- Ojibwe: Anishinaabeg-gichigami
- Ottawa: Nishnaabewi-gchigami
- Persian: دریاچه سوپریور (daryâče-ye supêriur)
- Polish: Jezioro Górne n
- Portuguese: Lago Superior (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਸੁਪੀਰੀਅਰ ਝੀਲ (supīrīara jhīl)
- Romanian: Lacul Superior n
- Russian: Ве́рхнее о́зеро n (Vérxneje ózero)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Горње језеро n, Супериор n
- Latin: Gornje jezero n, Superior n
- Slovak: Horné jazero n
- Slovene: Gornje jezero n
- Spanish: Lago Superior m
- Swedish: Övre sjön c
- Tamil: சுப்பீரியர் ஏரி (cuppīriyar ēri)
- Telugu: సుపీరియర్ సరస్సు (te) (supīriyar sarassu)
- Thai: ทะเลสาบสุพีเรีย (tá-lee-sàap sú-pii-riia)
- Turkish: Superior Gölü
- Ukrainian: Озеро Верхнє n (Ozero Verxnje)
- Uzbek: Yuqori koʻl
- Vietnamese: hồ Thượng
- Welsh: Llyn Superior m
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