Lake Superior

English en thumb|right|250px|Map of the Great Lakes, with Lake Superior highlighted in darker blue. Etymology en lake superior. en fr lac Supérieur uppermost lake, from fr lac+fr 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 en proprialization from en superior. Pronunciation en /ˌleiːk suːˈpiɹiɚ/ [ˌleiːk̥ sʌːˈpʰiɹiɚ] [ˌleiːk̥ sɪu̯ːˈpʰiɹiɚ] GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-StalJosA-Lake Superior.wav GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lake Superior.wav Southern England en Quebec English, Canadian English (General Canadian) en Quebec English, Canadian English (General Canadian) Proper noun Lake Superior en Q1066 en lake c/Canada,USA: 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. en Superior<id:Q1066><qq:ellipsis> en Gitche Gumee Derived terms en Lake Inferior Superior Craton Superia Translations the lake Afrikaans: af Bowemeer Albanian: sq Liqeni i Sipërm Arabic: ar بُحَيْرَة سُوبِيرِيوُر f Armenian: hy Վերին լիճ Azerbaijani: az Yuxarı göl Basque: eu Superior Belarusian: be Верхняе возера n Bengali: bn সুপিরিয়র হ্রদ Breton: br Lenn Superior m Bulgarian: bg Го́рно е́зеро n Burmese: my စူပါရီယားရေကန် Catalan: ca llac Superior m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 蘇必利爾湖 Sūbìlì'ěr Hú Mainland China, cmn 蘇必略湖 Sūbìlüè Hú Taiwan Czech: cs Hořejší jezero n Danish: da Øvre sø c Dutch: nl Bovenmeer n Esperanto: eo Supra Lago Estonian: et Ülemjärv Finnish: fi Yläjärvi French: fr lac Supérieur m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Boppemar Galician: gl Lago Superior m Georgian: ka ზემო ტბა German: de Oberer See m Greek: el Λίμνη Σουπίριορ f Hebrew: he ימת סופיריור f yamá supérior Hindi: hi सुपीरियर झील Hungarian: hu Felső-tó Indonesian: id Danau Superior Irish: ga Loch Superior m Italian: it lago Superiore m Japanese: ja スペリオル湖 Superioru-ko Kannada: kn ಸುಪೀರಿಯರ್ ಸರೋವರ Kazakh: kk Жоғарғы Көл Korean: ko ^슈피리어호 Kyrgyz: ky Жогорку көл Latvian: lv Augšezers m Lithuanian: lt Aukštutinis ežeras m Macedonian: mk Горно Езеро n Malay: ms Tasik Superior Malayalam: ml സുപ്പീരിയർ തടാകം Marathi: mr सुपिरियर सरोवर Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Øvresjøen m Nynorsk: nn Øvresjøen m Ojibwe: oj Anishinaabeg-gichigami, oj gichigami Ottawa: otw Nishnaabewi-gchigami Persian: fa دریاچه سوپریور daryâče-ye supêriur Polish: pl Jezioro Górne n Portuguese: pt Lago Superior m Punjabi: pa ਸੁਪੀਰੀਅਰ ਝੀਲ Romanian: ro Lacul Superior n Russian: ru Ве́рхнее о́зеро n Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Горње језеро n, sh Супериор n Latin: sh Gornje jezero n, sh Superior n Slovak: sk Horné jazero n Slovene: sl Gornje jezero n Spanish: es Lago Superior m Swedish: sv Övre sjön c Tamil: ta சுப்பீரியர் ஏரி Telugu: te సుపీరియర్ సరస్సు Thai: th ทะเลสาบสุพีเรีย tá-lee-sàap sú-pii-riia Turkish: tr Superior Gölü Ukrainian: uk Озеро Верхнє n Uzbek: uz Yuqori koʻl Vietnamese: vi hồ Thượng Welsh: cy Llyn Superior m