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Balaton
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English
Lake +
Etymology
From en hu Balaton. Ultimately from a en sla - word for “mud; swamp”; compare cu блато.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbælətɒn/ /ˈbɒlətɒn/
Proper noun
en A freshwater <<lake>> in <<c/Hungary>>, the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations.
en 1827 w:Conrad Malte-Brun Universal Geography, or A Description of All the Parts of the World, on a New Plan Edinburgh Adam Black volume 6, book 101, LkYNAQAAIAAJ 285 Balaton The surface of the Balaton and the surrounding marshes is not less than 24 German square miles, or 384 English square miles; its principal feeder is the Szala, but all the water it receives appears inconsiderable relatively to its superficial extent, and the quantity lost in evaporation.
Translations
a lake in Hungary
Armenian: hy Բալատոն
Bulgarian: bg Балато́н m
Georgian: ka ბალატონი
German: de Balaton m, de Plattensee f
Greek: el Μπάλατον f
Hungarian: hu Balaton
Latin: la Pelso
Russian: о́зеро ru Балато́н m
Slovak: sk Balaton m, sk Blatenské jazero n
Slovene: sl Blatno jezero n
Hungarian
hu:
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Pronunciation
hu Ba la ton
hu on 3
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu a freshwater <<lake>> in <<c/Hungary>> Balaton
hu Balcsi informal
hu village co:Suf/hu:Heves c/Hungary
Declension
Balatono o - sgBalaton j jai sg
Derived terms
hu balatoni
hu Balcsi
hu Names of settlements in Hungary Balatonakali Balatonakarattya Balatonalmádi Balatonberény Balatonboglár Balatoncsicsó Balatonederics Balatonendréd Balatonfenyves Balatonfőkajár Balatonföldvár Balatonfüred Balatonfűzfő Balatongyörök Balatonhenye Balatonkenese Balatonkeresztúr Balatonlelle Balatonmagyaród Balatonmáriafürdő Balatonőszöd Balatonrendes Balatonszabadi Balatonszárszó Balatonszemes Balatonszentgyörgy Balatonszepezd Balatonszőlős Balatonudvari Balatonújlak Balatonvilágos
hu Names of former settlements [today neighborhoods or renamed] Balatonaliga Balatonarács Balatonbozsok Balatoncsehi Balatonfürjed Balatonhídvég Balatonkiliti Balatonkövesd Balatonmária Balatonszéplak Balatonzamárdi Balatonújhely
hu Other compound words Balaton-felvidék Balaton-medence
hu Expressions balatoni hínárbogár balatoni kecskeköröm