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Winnipesaukee

American  
[win-uh-puh-saw-kee] / ˌwɪn ə pəˈsɔ ki /
Or Winnepesaukee

noun

  1. Lake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.


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“I grew up in New Hampshire, and so driving up to the lakes in northern New Hampshire, Lake Winnipesaukee, you typically expect by January that things are fully iced over,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

The Meredith Rotary Club held its first ice fishing competition - originally called the Winnipesaukee Fishing Derby - in February of 1980.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 11, 2019

Nature feels close, with Lake Winnipesaukee stretching out from the town to forests and mountains beyond.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2018

Bob found out Dreyfuss & "The Fam" vacationed in Lake Winnipesaukee and took his vacation there to be by his good old doc, whom he then proceeded to drive crazy.

From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2016

The first collegiate crew race in America—and in fact the first American intercollegiate athletic event of any kind—took place between Harvard and Yale in 1852, on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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