Etymologie, Etimología, Étymologie, Etimologia, Etymology, (griech.) etymología, (lat.) etymologia, (esper.) etimologio
US Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Estados Unidos de América, États-Unis d'Amérique, Stati Uniti d'America, United States of America, (esper.) Unuigintaj Statoj de Ameriko
Wasser, Agua, Eau, Acqua, Water, (esper.) akvo, akvujo

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Pacific Toy Spill Fuels Ocean Current Pathways Research
Badewannen-Enten im grossen Ozean

bayou (W3)

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Glossary for the Modern Soap Maker
Soap makers glossary of terms, definitions and acronyms

A collection of terms, definitions and acronyms related to the art of soap making.

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DOSITS (W3)
Discovery of Sound in the Sea
Unterwassergeräusche - Tierstimmen unter Wasser

Animals are listed by their common name. Since animals within the same family tend to have similar sound production mechanisms and hearing thresholds, they are organized by Family on an alternate page.

Site Map (17.02.2007)

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Fish-Database
Ichthyologische Datenbank

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The Nautical Origins of Some Common Expressions

As the Crow Flies | Leeway | Windfall | Over the Barrel | | Dressing Down | Footloose | Booby Hatch | First Rate | Pipe Down | Chock-a-Block | Groggy | Three Sheets to the Wind | Pooped | Buoyed Up | By and Large | Cut and Run | In the Offing | Skyscraper | The Bitter End | Toe the Line | Back and Fill | Overhaul | Slush Fund | Bear Down | Under the Weather | Overreach | Gone By the Board | Overwhelm | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | The Devil to Pay | Rummage Sale | A Square Meal | Son of a Gun | Let the Cat Out of the Bag | Overbearing | No Room to Swing a Cat | Taking the wind out of his sails | Taken Aback | At Loggerheads | Fly-by-Night | No Great Shakes | Give (someone) a Wide Berth | Cut of His Jib | Garbled | Press Into Service | Touch and Go | Scuttlebutt

harvard
Dictionary of Sea Terms
1841/1851

From "The Seaman's Friend: Containing a Treatise on Practical Seamanship, with Plates; A Dictionary of Sea Terms; Customs and Usages of the Merchant Service; Laws Relating to the Practical Duties of Master and Mariners.
by R. H. Dana, Jr.
author of 'Two Years Before the Mast.'
The Sixth Edition, Revised and Corrected"
Boston: Thomas Groom & Co., 1851.

In my experience, this 35-page dictionary is particularly useful, giving listings for terminology not given in the other dictionaries.

ABACK | ABAFT | ABOARD | ABOUT | ABREAST | ACCOMODATION | A-COCK-BILL | ADRIFT | AFLOAT | AFORE | AFT -- AFTER | AGROUND | AHEAD | A-HULL | A-LEE | ALL HANDS | ALL IN THE WIND | ALL-ABACK | ALOFT | ALOOF | AMAIN | AMIDSHIPS | ANCHOR | ANCHOR-WATCH | AN-END | A-PEEK | ARM. YARD-ARM | ARMING | A-STERN | A-TAUNT | ATHWART. Across | ATHWART-SHIPS | A-TRIP | AVAST, or 'VAST | A-WEATHER | A-WEIGH | AWNING | BACK | BACKSTAYS | BAGPIPE | BALANCE-REEF | BALE | BALLAST | BANK | BAR. BARE-POLES | BARGE | BARK, OR BARQUE | BARNACLE | BATTENS | BEACON | BEAMS | BEAR | BEARING | BEATING | BECALM | BECKET | BEES | BELAY | BEND. To make fast | BENDS | BENEAPED | BENTICK SHROUDS | BERTH | BETWEEN-DECKS | BIBBS | BIGHT | BILGE | BILL | BILLET-HEAD | BINNACLE | BITTER, OR BITTER-END | BITTS | BLACKWALL HITCH | BLADE | BLOCK | BLUFF | BOARD | BOAT-HOOK | BOATSWAIN | BOBSTAYS | BOLSTERS | BOLT-ROPE | BOLTS | BONNET | BOOM | BOOT-TOPPING | BOUND | BOW | BOWER | BOW-GRACE | BOWLINE | BOWSE | BOWSPRIT | BOX | BOX-HAULING | BRACE. A rope by which a yard is turned about | BRAILS | BRAKE | BREAK | BREAKER | BREAMING | BREAST-FAST | BREAST-HOOKS | BREAST-ROPE | BREECH | BREECHING | BRIDLE | BRIG | BROACH-TO | BROADSIDE | BROKEN-BACKED | BUCKLERS | BULGE | BULK HEAD | BULK | BULL | BULL'S EYE | BULWARKS | BUM-BOATS | BUMPKIN | BUNT | BUNTINE | BUNTLINES | BUOY | BURTON | BUTT | BUTTOCK | BY | CABIN | CABLE | CABLE-TIER | CABOOSE | CALK | CAMBERED | CAMEL | CAMFERING | CAN-HOOKS | CANT-PIECES | CANVASS | CAP | CAPSIZE | CAPSTAN | CAREEN | CARLINGS | CARRICK-BEND. A kind of knot | CARRY-AWAY | CAST | CAT | CAT-HARPIN | CAT-HEAD | CAT'S-PAW | CAULK | CAVIL | CEILING | CHAFE | CHAIN-PLATES | CHAINS | CHANNELS | CHAPELLING | CHECK | CHEEKS | CHEERLY! | CHESS-TREES | CHIMES | CHINSE | CHOCK | CISTERN | CLAMPS | CLASP-HOOK | CLEAT | CLEW | CLEW-GARNET | CLEWLINE | CLINCH | CLOSE-HAULED | CLOVE-HITCH | CLOVE-HOOK | CLUBBING | CLUB-HAUL | COAKING | COAL TAR | COAMINGS | COAT | COCK-BILL | COCK-PIT | CODLINE | COIL | COLLAR | COME | COMPANION | ASS | CONCLUDING-LINE | CONNING, OR CUNNING | COUNTER | COURSES | COXSWAIN | CRANES | CRANK | CREEPER | CRINGLE | CROSS-BARS | CROSS-CHOCKS | CROSS-JACK | CROSS-PAWLS | CROSS-PIECE | CROSS-SPALES | CROSS-TREES | CROW-FOOT | CROWN | CRUTCH | CUCKOLD'S NECK | CUDDY | CUNTLINE | CUTTER | CUT-WATER | DAGGER | DAVITS | DEAD RECKONING | DEAD-EYE | DEAD-FLAT | DEAD-LIGHTS | DEAD-RISING, OR RISING-LINE | DEAD-WATER | DEAD-WOOD | DECK | DECK-STOPPER | DEEP-SEA-LEAD | DEPARTURE | DERRICK | DOG | DOG-VANE | DOG-WATCHES | DOLPHIN | DOLPHIN-STRIKER | DOUSE | DOWELLING | DOWNHAUL | DRABLER | DRAG | DRAUGHT | DRAW | DRIFTS | DRIVE | DRIVER | DROP | DRUM-HEAD | DUB | DUCK | DUNNAGE | EARING | EIKING | ELBOW | ESCUTCHEON | EUVROU | EVEN-KEEL | EYE | FACE-PIECES | FACING | FAG | FAIR-LEADER | FAKE | FALL | FALSE-KEEL | FANCY-LINE | FASHION-PIECES | FAST | FATHOM | FEATHER | FEATHER-EDGED | FENDERS | FID | FIDDLE-BLOCK | FIDDLE-HEAD | FIFE-RAIL | FIGURE-HEAD | FILLER | FILLINGS | FINISHING | FISH | FISH-DAVIT | FISH-HOOK | FISH-TACKLE | FLARE | FLAT | FLEET | FLEMISH COIL | FLEMISH-EYE | FLEMISH-HORSE | FLOOR | FLOWING SHEET | FLUKES | FLY | FOOT | FOOT-ROPE | FOOT-WALING | FORE MAST | FORE | FORE-AND-AFT | FORECASTLE | FORE-FOOT | FORE-GANGER | FORE-LOCK | FOREREACH | FORE-RUNNER | FORGE | FORMERS | FOTHER, OR FODDER | FOUL ANCHOR | FOUL HAWSE | FOUL | FOUNDER | FOX | FRAP | FREE | FRENCH-FAKE | FRESHEN | FULL-AND-BY | FURL | FUTTOCK-PLATES | FUTTOCK-SHROUDS | FUTTOCK-STAFF | GAFF | GAFF-TOPSAIL | GAGE | GALLEY | GALLOWS-BITTS | GANG-CASKS | GANGWAY | GANTLINE | GARBOARD-STRAKE | GARLAND | GARNET | GASKETS | GIMBLET | GIRT | GIRTLINE | GIVE WAY! | GLUT | GOB-LINE, or GAUB-LINE | GOODGEON | GOOSE-NECK | GOOSE-WINGED | GORES | GORING-CLOTHS | GRAFTING | GRAINS | GRAPNEL | GRAPPLING IRONS | GRATING | GREAVE | GRIPE | GRIPES | GROMMET | GROUND TACKLE | GUESS-WARP or GUESS-ROPE | GUN-TACKLE PURCHASE | GUNWALE | GUY | GYBE | HAIL | HALF-HITCH | HALYARDS | HAMMOCK | HAND | HAND-LEAD | HANDSOMELY | HANDSPIKE | HANDY BILLY | HANKS | HARPINGS | HARPOON | HATCH, or HATCHWAY | HAUL | HAWSE | HAWSE-BLOCK | HAWSE-HOLE | HAWSE-PIECES | HAWSER | HAWSER-LAID, or CABLE-LAID rope | HAZE | HEAD | HEAD-LEDGES | HEAD-SAILS | HEART | HEART-YARNS | HEAVE IN STAYS | HEAVE SHORT | HEAVER | HEAVE-TO | HEEL | HEELING | HELM | HELM-PORT | HELM-PORT-TRANSOM | HIGH AND DRY | HITCH | | HOGGED | HOLD WATER | HOLD | HOLY-STONE | HOME | HOOD | HOOD-ENDS, or HOODING-ENDS, or WHOODEN-ENDS | HOOK-AND-BUTT | HORNS | HORSE | HOUNDS | HOUSE | HOUSING, or HOUSE-LINE | HULL | IN-AND-OUT | INNER-POST | IRONS | JACK | JACK-BLOCK | JACK-CROSS-TREES | JACK-SCREW | JACK-STAFF | JACK-STAYS | JACOB'S LADDER | JAWS | JEERS | JEWEL-BLOCKS | JIB | JIB-BOOM | JIGGER | JOLLY-BOAT | JUNK | JURY-MAST | KECKLING | KEDGE | KEEL | KEEL-HAUL | KEELSON | KENTLEDGE | KEVEL or CAVIL | KEVEL-HEADS | KINK | KNEES | KNITTLES, or NETTLES | KNOCK-OFF! | KNOT | LABOR | LACING | LAND HO! | LAND-FALL | LANYARDS | LARBOARD | LARBOWLINES | LARGE | LATCHINGS | LAUNCH | LAUNCH-HO! | LAY | LEACH | LEACHLINE | LEAD | LEADING-WIND | LEAK | LEDGES | | LIE-TO, LIFE-LINES | LIFT | LIGHT | LIGHTER | LIMBERS, or LIMBER-HOLES | LIST | LIZARD | LOCKER | LOG, or LOG-BOOK | LONG-BOAT | LONGERS | LOOF | LOOM | LUBBER'S HOLE | LUFF | LUFF-TACKLE | LUGGER | LURCH | LYING-TO | MADE | MALL, or MAUL | MALLET | MANGER | MAN-ROPES | MARL | MARLINE | MARLING-HITCH | MARLINGSPIKE | MARRY | MARTINGALE | MAST | MAT | MATE | MAUL | MEND | MESHES | MESS | MESSENGER | MIDSHIPS | MISS-STAYS | MIZZEN-MAST | MONKEY BLOCK | MOON-SAIL | MOOR | MORTICE | MOULDS | MOUSE | MOUSING | MUFFLE | MUNIONS | NAVAL HOODS, or HAWSE BOLSTERS | NEAP TIDES | NEAPED, or BENEAPED | NEAR | NETTING | NETTLES | NINEPIN BLOCK | NIP | NIPPERS | NOCK | NUN-BUOY | NUT | OAKUM | OAR | OFF-AND-ON | OFFING | ORLOP | OUT-HAUL | OUT-RIGGER | OVERHAUL | OVER-RAKE | PAINTER | PALM | PANCH | PARBUCKLE | PARCEL | PARCELLING | PARLIAMENT-HEEL | PARRAL | PART | PARTNERS | PAUNCH MAT | PAWL | PAY-OFF | PAZAREE | PEAK | PEAK | PENDANT, or PENNANT | PILLOW | PIN | PINK-STERN | PINNACE | PINTLE | PITCH | PLANKS | PLAT | PLATE | PLUG | POINT | POLE | POOP | POPPETS | PORT, or PORT-HOLE | PORT | PORTOISE | PORT-SILLS | PREVENTER | PRICE | PRICKER | PUDDENING | PURCHASE | QUARTER | QUARTER-BLOCK | QUARTER-DECK | QUARTER-MASTER | QUICK-WORK | QUILTING | QUOIN | RACE | RACK | RACK-BLOCK | RAKE | RAMLINE | RANGE OF CABLE | RATLINES | RATTLE DOWN RIGGING | RAZEE | REEF | REEF-BAND | REEF-TACKLE | REEVE | RELIEVING TACKLE | RENDER | RIB-BANDS | RIBS | RIDE AT ANCHOR | RIDERS | RIGGING | RIGHT | RIM | RING | RING-BOLT | RING-TAIL | ROACH | ROAD, or ROADSTEAD | ROBANDS | ROLLING TACKLE | ROMBOWLINE | ROPE-BANDS, or ROBANDS | ROPE-YARN | ROUGH-TREE | ROUND IN | ROUND UP | ROUNDING | ROWLOCKS, or ROLLOCKS | ROYAL YARD | ROYAL | RUBBER | RUDDER | RUN | RUNG-HEADS | RUNNER | RUNNING RIGGING | SADDLES | SAG | SAIL HO! | SAILS | SAVE-ALL | SCANTLING | SCARF | SCHOONER | SCORE | SCOTCHMAN | SCRAPER | SCROWL | SCUD | SCULL | SCUPPERS | SCUTTLE | SCUTTLE-BUTT | SEAMS | SEIZE | SEIZNGS | SELVAGEE | SEND | SENNIT, or SINNIT | SERVE | SERVICE, | SET | SHACKLES | SHAKES | SHANK | SHANK-PAINTER | SHARP UP | SHEAR HULK | SHEARS | SHEATHING | SHEAVE | SHEEP-SHANK | SHEER, or SHEER-STRAKE | SHEET | SHEET-ANCHOR | SHELL | SHINGLE | SHIP | SHOE | SHOE-BLOCK | SHORE | SHROUDS | SILLS | SISTER BLOCK | SKIDS | SKIN | SKYSAIL | SKY-SCRAPER | SLABLINE | SLACK | SLEEPERS | SLING | SLINGS | SLIP | SLIP-ROPE | SLOOP OF WAR | SLOOP | SLUE | SMALL STUFF | SNAKE | SNATCH-BLOCK | SNOTTER | SNOW | SNUB | SNYING | SO! | SOLE | SOUND | SPAN | SPANKER | SPAR | SPELL | SPENCER | SPILL | SPILLING LINE | SPINDLE | SPIRKETING | SPLICE | SPOON-DRIFT | SPRAY | SPRING TIDES | SPRING | SPRING-STAY | SPRIT | SPRIT-SAIL-YARD | SPUNYARN | SPURLING LINE | SPURS | SPUR-SHOES | SQUARE | SQUARE-SAIL | STABBER | STAFF | STANCHIONS | STAND BY! | STANDARD | STANDING RIGGING | STANDING | STARBOARD | STARBOWLINES | START | STAY | STAYS | STAYSAIL | STEADY! | STEERAGE | STEEVE | STEM | STEMSON | STEP | STERN | STERN-BOARD | STERN-FRAME | STERN-POST | STERN-SHEETS | STIFF | STIRRUPS | STOCK | STOCKS | STOOLS | STOP | STOPPER BOLTS | STOPPER | STRAND | STRAP | STREAK, or STRAKE | STREAM | STRETCHERS | STRIKE | STUDDINGSAILS | SUED, or SEWED | SUPPORTERS | SURF | SURGE | SWAB | SWEEP | SWIFT | SWIFTER | SWIG | SWIVEL | SYPHERING | TABLING | TACK | TACKLE | TAFFRAIL, or TAFFEREL | TAIL ON! or TALLY ON! | TAIL | TAIL-TACKLE | TANK | TAR | TARPAULIN | TAUNT | TAUT | TELL TALE | TEND | TENON | THICK-AND-THIN BLOCK | THIMBLE | THOLE-PINS | THROAT | THRUM | THWARTS | THWARTSHIPS | TIDE | TIDE-RODE | TIER | TILLER | TILLER-ROPES | TIMENOGUY | TOGGLE | TOMPION | TOP | TOP-BLOCK | TOPGALLANT MAST | TOPGALLANTSAIL | TOP-LIGHT | TOP-LINING | TOPMAST | TOPPING-LIFT | TOP-ROPE | TOPSAIL | TOSS | TOUCH | TOW | TRAIN-TACKLE | TRANSOM-KNEES | TRANSOMS | TRAVELLER | TREENAILS, or TRUNNELS | TREND | TRESTLE-TREES | TRIATIC STAY | TRICE | TRICK | TRIM | TRIP | TRIPPING LINE | TRUCK | TRUNNIONS | TRUSS | TRYSAIL | TUMBLING HOME | TURN | TYE | UNBEND | UNION | UNMOOR | UNSHIP | UVROU | VANE | VANG | VAST | VEER | VIOL, or VOYAL | WAIST | WAKE | WALES | WALL | WALL-SIDED | WARD-ROOM | WARE, or WEAR | WARP | WASH-BOARDS | WATCH HO! WATCH! | WATCH | WATCH-AND-WATCH | WATCH-TACKLE | WATER SAIL | WATER-WAYS | WEAR | WEATHER ROLL | WEATHER | WEATHER-BITT | WEIGH | WHEEL | WHIP | WINCH | WINDLASS | WIND-RODE | WING | WING-AND-WING | WINGERS | WITHE, or WYTHE | WOOLD | WORK UP | WORM | WRING | WRING-BOLTS | WRING-STAVES | YARD | YARD-ARM AND YARD-ARM | YARD-ARM | YARN | YAW | YEOMAN | YOKE |

Jekyll Island (W3)

ket - Clouds - Cloud-Names

Clouds, we see them just as the Romans did. The formation of clouds is mainly due to the evaporated water from lakes, streams, and the earth's surface reaching a height in the atmosphere where they condense and stick together. At lower altitudes, they can cause rain, hail, sleet, or snow. When they are higher in the atmosphere, they form ice crystals. Take a brief tour of the different types of clouds, and see how we chose Latin to name the different clouds, as Latin is very descriptive and useful in this manner.

• Cumulus (cumulus, -i, m. "mass") ...
• Altocumulus (altus, -a.-um, "high"; cumulus, -i, m. "mass") ...
• Cirrus (cirrus, -i, m. "curl") ...
• Cirrocumulus (cirrus, -i, m. "curl"; cumulus, -i, m. "mass") ...
• Cumulonimbus (cumulus, -i, m. "mass"; nimbus, -i, m. "cloud") ...
• Cirrostratus (cirrus,-i, m. "curl"; stratum, -i, n. "blanket") ...
• Altostratus clouds (altus, a, um, "high", stratum, i, n. "blanket") ...
• Nimbostratus (nimbus, -i, m., "cloud"; "layer") ...
• Stratocumulus (stratus, -i, m."blanket"; cumulus, -i, m. "mass") ...
• Stratus (stratum, -i, n. "blanket") ...

navy - Nautical Terms and Phrases... Their Meaning and Origin

NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD -- 805 KIDDER BREESE SE
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060

sailingahead - Glossary: A list of sailing terms

Nautical terms might sound like a foreign language to beginners, but they stand in a proud tradition. Furthermore, they are often practical and will definitely add to your sailor-self-confidence once they became part of your own linguistic repertoire. On this page, you can learn to talk like a sailor - but don’t forget that it takes more than words to run a boat.

snowcrystals - Snowcrystals - Snowflakes
Schneekristalle - Schneeflocken

This site is all about snow crystals and snowflakes - what they are, where they come from, and just how these remarkably complex and beautiful structures are created, quite literally, out of thin air.

• Natural Snowflakes: Photo Gallery I | Photo Gallery II | Photo Gallery III | Guide to Snowflakes | Snowflake Books | Historic Snowflakes | Ice Crystal Halos | Snowflake Store
• Designer Snowflakes: I: First Attempts | II: Better Snowflakes | III: Precision Snow | Snowflake Movies | Free-falling Snow | Designer's Page
• Frost Crystals: Guide to Frost | Frost Photos
• Snowflake Physics: Snowflake Primer | Snow Crystal FAQs | No Two Alike? | Crystal Faceting | Snowflake Branching | Electric Growth | Ice Properties | Myths and Nonsense
• Snow Activities: Snowflake Watching | Photographing Snow | Make Your Own | Snowflake Fossils | Ice Spikes | Activities for Kids
• Snowflake Touring: Snowflake Hot Spots | Northern Ontario | Hokkaido, Japan (2) (3) | Michigan U. P. | Vermont | California Mountains

voanews
Language From the Sea

Language From the Sea, and Still Fresh After All These Years
Lots of nautical expressions have washed ashore into everyday English. Alan Hartley researches them for the Oxford English Dictionary - that is, when he's not supervising the loading of grain onto foreign ships in the Great Lakes. We called him at his office in Minnesota, and immediately made headway.

voanews
Nautical Language

Lots of nautical expressions have washed ashore into everyday English. Alan Hartley researches them for the Oxford English Dictionary - that is, when he's not supervising the loading of grain onto foreign ships in the Great Lakes. We called him at his office in Minnesota, and immediately made headway.

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List of lakes named after people

List of lakes named after people

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This is a list of lakes named after people. It details the name of the lake or reservoir, its location and eponym.

Lake or reservoir Location Country/Continent Eponym

Boone Lake Tennessee United States Daniel Boone

Cass Lake Michigan United States Lewis Cass

Cass Lake Minnesota United States Lewis Cass

Cordell Hull Lake Tennessee United States Cordell Hull

Glenn Cunningham Lake Nebraska United States Glenn C. Cunningham

Lac Saint-Jean Quebec Canada Jean de Quen

Lake Albert Uganda-Democratic Republic of the Congo Albert, Prince Consort

Lake Amadeus Northern Territory Australia Amadeo I of Spain

Lake Barkley Kentucky United States Alben Barkley

Lake Brunner South Island New Zealand Thomas Brunner

Burnaby Lake British Columbia Canada Robert Burnaby

Lake Burton Georgia United States Jeremiah Burton

Lake Calhoun Minnesota United States John C. Calhoun

Capilano Lake British Columbia Canada Joe Capilano

Lake Carnegie New Jersey United States Andrew Carnegie

Lake Champlain United States-Canada Samuel de Champlain

Lake Pueyrredón/Cochrane Chile-Argentina Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (Chile)

Lake Drummond Virginia United States William Drummond

Lake Edward Uganda-Democratic Republic of the Congo Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Garibaldi Lake British Columbia Canada Giuseppe Garibaldi

Lake George Minnesota United States George Arbuckle (surveyor)

Lake George New York United States George II of Great Britain

Lake George Uganda George V of the United Kingdom

Lake George New South Wales Australia George III of the United Kingdom

Lake Buenos Aires/General Carrera Chile-Argentina José Miguel Carrera (Chile)

Lake Giulietti/Lake Afrera Ethiopia Giuseppe Maria Giulietti

Lake Gunn South Island New Zealand Davy Gunn, a pioneer of the local tramping tourism industry

Lake Harriet Minnesota United States Harriet Lovejoy

Lake Hayes South Island New Zealand D. Hay rather than Captain "Bully" Hayes

Lake Hoare Victoria Land Antarctica R.A. Hoare, physicist

Lake Lanier Georgia United States Sidney Lanier

Lake Lyndon B. Johnson Texas United States Lyndon B. Johnson

Lake Maury Virginia United States Matthew Fontaine Maury

Lake Mead Nevada-Arizona United States Elwood Mead

Lake Muhlenberg Pennsylvania United States Henry Muhlenberg

Lake Nasser Egypt-Sudan Gamal Abdel Nasser

Lake Pat Cleburne Texas United States Patrick Cleburne

Lake Presidente Ríos Chile Juan Antonio Ríos Morales

Lake Powell Utah-Arizona United States John Wesley Powell

Lake Rhoda Colorado United States Rhoda Krasner

Lake Strom Thurmond Georgia-South Carolina United States Strom Thurmond

Lake Victoria Africa Queen Victoria

Lake Washington Washington United States George Washington

Nordenskjöld Lake Chile Otto Nordenskiöld

Norris Lake Tennessee United States George Norris

Lake O'Higgins/San Martín Chile-Argentina Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile)/José de San Martín (Argentina)

Percy Priest Lake Tennessee United States Percy Priest

Richard B. Russell Lake Georgia-South Carolina United States Richard Brevard Russell, Jr.

Theodore Roosevelt Lake Arizona United States Theodore Roosevelt

Walter F. George Lake Alabama-Georgia United States Walter F. George

Waughop Lake Washington United States John Wesley Waughop, former superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane

Wolfgangsee Salzkammergut Austria Wolfgang of Regensburg

Former names

Hitlersee - now Jezioro Turawskie (Lake Turawskie), Poland

Lake Margherita - now Lake Abaya, Ethiopia - named after Margherita of Savoy, wife of King Umberto I of Italy

Lake Rudolf - now Lake Turkana, Ethiopia - named after Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria

See also

List of eponyms

List of places named after people