Lake Superior

English

Map of the Great Lakes, with Lake Superior highlighted in darker blue.

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.

Proper noun

Lake Superior

1. A lake in North America; the largest of the Great Lakes and second largest lake and largest freshwater lake in the world by area.

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'ěrhú)

• Czech: Hořejší jezero n
• Danish: Øvre sø c
• Dutch: Bovenmeer n
• Esperanto: Supra Lago
• Estonian: Ülemjärv
• Finnish: Yläjärvi (fi)
• French: lac Supérieur (fr) m
• 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 (Superio-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

  Roman: 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
• West Frisian: Boppemar