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Finger Lakes

American  

plural noun

  1. a group of elongated glacial lakes in central and W New York: resort region.


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This city within the Finger Lakes region is said to have held the first-ever Porchfest in 2007.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

With a base of white wine made in New York’s Finger Lakes region, this brand new, very pretty aperitif brimming with tropical botanicals is the season’s must-have spritz-maker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

Katherine Chase, executive director of the wine trail, said the promotion was planned in anticipation of all the people coming to the Finger Lakes region for the eclipse.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

A revolution in the way Americans eat salmon is quietly being fomented inside a former factory building on the industrial edges of Auburn, a small city in the Finger Lakes region of New York.

From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2023

Taking up agriculture, the Finger Lakes people, by now consolidated into five main groups, lined the region’s hills with farms.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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