English Explanatory Dictionary

Lake Skadar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The largest lake in the Balkans, located in the west of the peninsula on the border of Albania and Montenegro between the mountain of Rumija (and further aback the Adriatic Sea) to the southwest and marshland (and further aback the Prokletije) to the northeast.

Pronunciation

/leɪk ˈskɑːdɑː(ɹ)/

Word forms

Lake Skadar

Etymology

Calque of Serbo-Croatian Skadarsko jezero, Скадарско језеро, from Skadar, Скадар + -sko, -ско + jȅzero, је̏зеро (“lake”). The northwestern Albanian city of Shkodër (Skadar) sits at the lake's southeastern end and gives its name to the lake.

Synonyms

Lake Shkodër Lake Scutari Lake Shkodra
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