Meanings
- A lake in Canada and the United States: the largest of the Great Lakes, the largest freshwater lake in the world by area, and the third largest freshwater lake in the world by volume.
Synonyms: Gitche Gumee
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA lake in Canada and the United States: the largest of the Great Lakes, the largest freshwater lake in the world by area, and the third largest freshwater lake in the world by volume.
Origin
- Frenchlac Supérieur“uppermost lake”
- EnglishLake Superior
lake + superior. Calque of French lac Supérieur (“uppermost lake”), from lac+supérieur, named by 17th-century French explorers for its location as the furthest upstream and highest in altitude of the Great Lakes. By surface analysis, a proprialization from superior.
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Afrikaans Bowemeer
- Bowemeerthe lake
Arabic بُحَيْرَة سُوبِيرِيوُر
- بُحَيْرَة سُوبِيرِيوُرthe lake
Basque Superior
- Superiorthe lake
Bengali সুপিরিয়র হ্রদ
- সুপিরিয়র হ্রদ (śupiriẏor hrod)the lake
Bulgarian Го́рно е́зеро
- Го́рно е́зеро (Górno ézero)the lake
Catalan llac Superior
- llac Superiorthe lake
Chinese Mandarin 蘇必利爾湖 /苏必利尔湖, 蘇必略湖 /苏必略湖
- 蘇必利爾湖 /苏必利尔湖 (Sūbìlì'ěr Hú)the lake
- 蘇必略湖 /苏必略湖 (Sūbìlüè Hú)the lake
Czech Hořejší jezero
- Hořejší jezerothe lake
Danish Øvre sø
- Øvre søthe lake
Dutch Bovenmeer
- Bovenmeerthe lake
Esperanto Supra Lago
- Supra Lagothe lake
Estonian Ülemjärv
- Ülemjärvthe lake
Finnish Yläjärvi
- Yläjärvithe lake
French lac Supérieur
- lac Supérieurthe lake
German Oberer See
- Oberer Seethe lake
Greek Λίμνη Σουπίριορ
- Λίμνη Σουπίριορ (Límni Soupírior)the lake
Hebrew ימת סופיריור
- ימת סופיריור (yamá supérior)the lake
Hindi सुपीरियर झील
- सुपीरियर झील (supīriyar jhīl)the lake
Hungarian Felső-tó
- Felső-tóthe lake
Indonesian Danau Superior
- Danau Superiorthe lake
Irish Loch Superior
- Loch Superiorthe lake
Italian lago Superiore
- lago Superiorethe lake
Japanese スペリオル湖
- スペリオル湖 (Superioru-ko)the lake
Korean 슈피리어호
- 슈피리어호 (Syupirieoho)the lake
Latvian Augšezers
- Augšezersthe lake
Lithuanian Aukštutinis ežeras
- Aukštutinis ežerasthe lake
Malay Tasik Superior
- Tasik Superiorthe lake
Norwegian Bokmål Øvresjøen
- Øvresjøenthe lake
Persian دریاچه سوپریور
- دریاچه سوپریور (daryâče-ye supêriur)the lake
Polish Jezioro Górne
- Jezioro Górnethe lake
Portuguese Lago Superior
- Lago Superiorthe lake
Punjabi ਸੁਪੀਰੀਅਰ ਝੀਲ
- ਸੁਪੀਰੀਅਰ ਝੀਲ (supīrīara jhīl)the lake
Romanian Lacul Superior
- Lacul Superiorthe lake
Russian Ве́рхнее о́зеро
- Ве́рхнее о́зеро (Vérxneje ózero)the lake
Slovak Horné jazero
- Horné jazerothe lake
Spanish Lago Superior
- Lago Superiorthe lake
Swedish Övre sjön
- Övre sjönthe lake
Tamil சுப்பீரியர் ஏரி
- சுப்பீரியர் ஏரி (cuppīriyar ēri)the lake
Thai ทะเลสาบสุพีเรีย
- ทะเลสาบสุพีเรีย (tá-lee-sàap sú-pii-riia)the lake
Turkish Superior Gölü
- Superior Gölüthe lake
Ukrainian Озеро Верхнє
- Озеро Верхнє (Ozero Verxnje)the lake
Vietnamese hồ Thượng
- hồ Thượngthe lake
Welsh Llyn Superior
- Llyn Superiorthe lake
Cite this entry
Lake Superior. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lake%20Superior
“Lake Superior.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lake%20Superior. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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