What dictates whether the term lake comes before or after the name of the lake?

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What dictates whether the term lake comes before or after the name of the lake?

2006-10-08 19:51:54 · 2 answers · asked by Andrew E 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education

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Not sure, but it seems that in US, we put lake after the name and in Europe it's the opposite.

I'm not going to bother looking at maps to verify that.

2006-10-08 20:00:56 · answer #1 · answered by shogun_316 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The person who named it.

2006-10-09 02:58:02 · answer #2 · answered by Empty Skies 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋