Baikal

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Russian Байкал (Baykal, Baikal), from Buryat Байгал нуур (Baygal nuur, Lake Baikal), ultimately from the Turkic *bai "rich", and kul "lake".[1]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /baɪˈkɑːl/, [baɪˈkɑːɫ]
  • (US) IPA: /ˌbaɪˈkɑːl/

Proper noun [edit]

Baikal

Lake Baikal
  1. A large freshwater lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the deepest lake in the world.

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References [edit]

  1. ^ 2003, Shepard Krech, Encyclopedia of World Environmental History: F-N[1], Routledge: