-from latin "lacus magnus" (great lake) contracted, it seems, in la ma n > leman > Léman
Lac Léman would even be a pleonasmus, some people say...
-others say that the name would come from greek "limnê" which signifies lac.
in that case, it would be a pleonasmus too...
-I hear the word would come from celtic! "lem" which signifies great and "an" water. (R.L. 5.4.4, 11.55)...
"Sometimes, some give the name of lac de Genève to the part of the lake near this city" (c) Larousse.
the Léman, in some general numbers
+ 2 elements concerning its surface
+ 5 elements concerning its level
+ 4 elements concerning its bottom 1,2 the form
3 : what happen slowly
4 : what happen brusquely
its fauna (a little bit, so much it has)
8 asf (mpeg)
31.12.08
it is, too... (some photos)
the Léman in one of the 4 lakes studied by "Eurolakes Research Project"
(with the Bodensee, the Lac du Bourget and the Loch Lomond)
==> Eurolakes
