Etymology

Balaton

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Today it means: A freshwater lake in Hungary, the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations. Full definition →

Hungarian Balaton
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  1. Hungarian · borrowed fromBalaton
  2. English todayBalaton

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

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