Gatun Lake

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noun

an artificial lake in the Canal Zone, forming part of the Panama Canal: created by the Gatun dam. 164 sq. mi. (425 sq. km).

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How to use Gatun Lake in a sentence

The “waters of Lake Minnetonka” may have been purifying, but they were also freezing.
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I am reminded of the story of Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent, VT) walking along the shores of Lake Champlain.
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People are extremely anxious about the next generation,” Lake said, “and it unites America.
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Williams said he went to the lake to take a stroll “because of his heart.”
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This video remedies that injustice, showcasing an owl doing a butterfly stroke in Lake Michigan.
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Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
They also seized the lake gunboats, took an entire Spanish garrison prisoner, and captured a large quantity of stores.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
A small but beautiful river debouches from the lake at its west end, and the town is grouped around this outlet.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
They gardened, they drove out, they rowed and sailed upon the lake, but they declined all acquaintances.
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A similar circumstance has occurred on the seashore at Hoy Lake, Cheshire, where several "fairy pipes" have been found.
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British Dictionary definitions for Gatun Lake

Gatún Lake

/ (Spanish ɡaˈtun) /

noun

a lake in Panama, part of the Panama Canal: formed in 1912 on the completion of the Gatún Dam across the Chagres River. Area: 424 sq km (164 sq miles)

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