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Balaton

/ˈbælətɒn/

Balaton proper noun: a freshwater lake in Hungary, the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations.

Proper noun

Balaton

  1. A freshwater lake in Hungary, the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations.
    • The surface of the Balaton and the surrounding marshes is not less than 24 German square miles, or 384 English square miles; its principal feeder is the Szala, but all the water it receives appears inconsiderable relatively to its superficial extent, and the quantity lost in evaporation.1827, Conrad Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, or A Description of All the Parts of the World, on a New Plan, Edinburgh: Adam Black, volume 6, book 101, 285

Origin of Balaton

From Hungarian Balaton. Ultimately from a Slavic word for “mud; swamp”; compare Old Church Slavonic блато (blato).

Questions about Balaton

What does Balaton mean?
Balaton means a freshwater lake in Hungary, the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations.
What part of speech is Balaton?
Balaton is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Balaton?
Balaton is pronounced /ˈbælətɒn/.

Words near Balaton in the dictionary

  1. Balatanay
  2. balatas
  3. Balatbat
  4. Balatin
  5. Balatina
  6. Balaton
  7. Balatong
  8. balatron
  9. balatronic
  10. balatrons
  11. Balatson

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