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Lake Tai

/leɪk ˈtaɪ/

Lake Tai proper noun: a large freshwater lake west of Shanghai in eastern China.

Proper noun

Lake Tai

  1. a large freshwater lake west of Shanghai in eastern China
    • SOUTCHEOU, a city of the firſt rank, in the province of Kiangnan, in China, beautifully and agreeably ſituated on a river which communicates with the Lake Tai.1801, John Walker, The Universal Gazetteer, 3rd edition, London, →OCLC, page https://archive.org/details/universalgazette00walk_0/page/n775/
    • The village chosen for my investigation is called Kaihsienkung, locally pronounced kejiug’on. It is situated on the south-east bank of Lake Tai, in the lower course of the Yangtze River and about eighty miles west of Shanghai.1939, Hsiao-tung (費孝通) Fei, 江村經濟 [Peasant Life in China], London: George Routledge and Sons, →OCLC, →OL, pages 9–10

Synonyms of Lake Tai

Forms of Lake Tai

alternative formTai Lake

Origin of Lake Tai

Partial calque from Mandarin 太湖 (Tài Hú, “the Great Lake”).

Words that rhyme with Lake Tai

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Questions about Lake Tai

What does Lake Tai mean?
Lake Tai means a large freshwater lake west of Shanghai in eastern China.
What part of speech is Lake Tai?
Lake Tai is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Lake Tai?
Lake Tai is pronounced /leɪk ˈtaɪ/.

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