Meanings
proper nounthe Great Salt Lake
- A large saltwater lake in Utah, United States.
These plateaus are drained by the Colorado River and its tributaries ; the eastern and southern margin by the Rio Grande and its tributaries, and the western by streams that flow into the Great Basin and are lost in the Great Salt Lake and other bodies of water that have no drainage to the sea.
1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 28
Translations
Afrikaans Groot Soutmeer
- Groot Soutmeersaltwater lake
Arabic الْبُحَيْرَة الْمَالِحَة الْكُبْرَى
- الْبُحَيْرَة الْمَالِحَة الْكُبْرَىsaltwater lake
Basque Aintzira Gazi Handia
- Aintzira Gazi Handiasaltwater lake
Bulgarian Голямо солено езеро
- Голямо солено езеро (Goljamo soleno ezero)saltwater lake
Catalan Gran Llac Salat
- Gran Llac Salatsaltwater lake
Chinese Mandarin 大鹽湖 /大盐湖
- 大鹽湖 /大盐湖 (Dàyánhú)saltwater lake
Czech Velké Solné jezero
- Velké Solné jezerosaltwater lake
Danish Great Salt Lake
- Great Salt Lakesaltwater lake
Dutch Groot Zoutmeer, Great Salt Lake
- Groot Zoutmeersaltwater lake
- Great Salt Lakesaltwater lake
Esperanto Granda Sala Lago
- Granda Sala Lagosaltwater lake
Estonian Suur Soolajärv
- Suur Soolajärvsaltwater lake
Finnish Iso Suolajärvi
- Iso Suolajärvisaltwater lake
French Grand Lac Salé
- Grand Lac Salésaltwater lake
German Großer Salzsee
- Großer Salzseesaltwater lake
Greek Μεγάλη Αλμυρή Λίμνη
- Μεγάλη Αλμυρή Λίμνη (Megáli Almyrí Límni)saltwater lake
Hebrew ימת המלח הגדולה
- ימת המלח הגדולה (yamát haméla hagádolah)saltwater lake
Hungarian Nagy-sóstó
- Nagy-sóstósaltwater lake
Icelandic Stóra-Saltvatn
- Stóra-Saltvatnsaltwater lake
Indonesian Danau Garam Besar
- Danau Garam Besarsaltwater lake
Italian Gran Lago Salato
- Gran Lago Salatosaltwater lake
Japanese グレートソルト湖
- グレートソルト湖 (Gurēto-saruto-ko)saltwater lake
Korean 그레이트솔트호
- 그레이트솔트호 (geureiteusolteuho)saltwater lake
Latvian Lielais Sālsezers
- Lielais Sālsezerssaltwater lake
Lithuanian Didysis Druskos ežeras
- Didysis Druskos ežerassaltwater lake
Norwegian Bokmål Store Saltsjø
- Store Saltsjøsaltwater lake
Persian دریاچه نمک یوتا, دریاچه نمک بزرگ
- دریاچه نمک یوتا (daryâče namak yutâ)saltwater lake
- دریاچه نمک بزرگ (daryâče namak bozorg)saltwater lake
Polish Wielkie Jezioro Słone
- Wielkie Jezioro Słonesaltwater lake
Portuguese Grande Lago Salgado
- Grande Lago Salgadosaltwater lake
Romanian Marele Lac Sărat
- Marele Lac Săratsaltwater lake
Russian Большо́е Солёное о́зеро
- Большо́е Солёное о́зеро (Bolʹšóje Soljónoje ózero)saltwater lake
Slovak Veľké Slané jazero
- Veľké Slané jazerosaltwater lake
Spanish Gran Lago Salado
- Gran Lago Saladosaltwater lake
Swedish Stora Saltsjön
- Stora Saltsjönsaltwater lake
Thai ทะเลสาบเกรตซอลต์
- ทะเลสาบเกรตซอลต์ (tá-lee-sàap grèet-sɔɔlt)saltwater lake
Turkish Büyük Tuz Gölü
- Büyük Tuz Gölüsaltwater lake
Ukrainian Вели́ке Соло́не о́зеро
- Вели́ке Соло́не о́зеро (Velýke Solóne ózero)saltwater lake
Vietnamese Hồ Muối Lớn
- Hồ Muối Lớnsaltwater lake
Welsh Llyn Great Salt
- Llyn Great Saltsaltwater lake
Cite this entry
APA
Great Salt Lake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Great%20Salt%20Lake
MLA
“Great Salt Lake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Great%20Salt%20Lake. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Great Salt Lake,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Great%20Salt%20Lake.
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