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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

great lakes

/ɡɹeɪt.leɪks/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables
great lakes
IPA
/ɡɹeɪt.leɪks/
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A group of five lakes on the United States–Canada border, consisting of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron (Lake Michigan–Huron), Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

name

A settlement in the city of North Chicago, Lake County, Illinois, around Great Lakes station, named after the Naval Station Great Lakes.

name

A group of lakes located in and around the East African Rift, including Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi, and several others.

Example Sentences

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ɡɹeɪt.leɪks/

Inflected Forms

the Great Lakes (canonical, plural) Great Lake (singular)

Questions

How do you pronounce great lakes?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹeɪt.leɪks/.
What does great lakes mean?
A group of five lakes on the United States–Canada border, consisting of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron (Lake Michigan–Huron), Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

How to pronounce great lakes

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