Definition of Lake Onega

1. Noun. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe.

Exact synonyms: Onega
Group relationships: Russia, Russian Federation
Generic synonyms: Lake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lake Onega

Lake Geneva
Lake Huron
Lake Huron-Michigan
Lake Ilmen
Lake Kivu
Lake Ladoga
Lake Leman
Lake Malar
Lake Mead
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan-Huron
Lake Miwok
Lake Mälaren
Lake Okeechobee
Lake Onega (current term)
Lake Ontario
Lake Peipus
Lake Saint Clair
Lake St. Clair
Lake Superior
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tana
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Trasimenus
Lake Tsana
Lake Vanern
Lake Victoria
Lake Winnipeg
Lake Wobegon effect

Literary usage of Lake Onega

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"Lake Onega remains free from ice for 209 days in the year (middle of May to second week of December). The water is at its lowest level in the beginning of ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Lake Onega remains free from ice for 209 days in the year (middle, of May to second week of December). The water is at its lowest level in the beginning of ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Only a few low swellings penetrate into it from the northwest about Lake Onega, and reach 900 feet, while in the northeast ¡t is enclosed by the high ..."

4. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the by Richard Hakluyt (1905)
"77 ; on Lake Onega, 81 ; no communication in summer between Some and, 82. Powel, Anthony, sergeant-major of Sir Francis Drake ('585) x. ..."

5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"... into Lake Onega. The winters are very long, and the short summers excessively hot. Agriculture is much neglected; hemp and flax are among the principal ..."

6. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1908)
"A good deal has been done lately to investigate the " karst " phenomena in Russia, especially in the lake region south of Lake Onega. The results have been ..."

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