Editing Lake Geneva (section)

== Name ==
While the exact origins of the name are unknown, the name {{lang|la|Lacus Lemanus}} was in use during the time of [[Julius Caesar]].<ref name="name-LeNews">{{Cite web |date=2016-11-28 |title=What you call Lake Geneva really does matter, according to a poll |url=https://lenews.ch/2016/11/28/what-you-call-lake-geneva-really-does-matter-according-to-a-poll/ |access-date=2020-10-28 |website=Le News |language=en-US}}</ref> {{lang|la|Lemannus}} comes from [[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc-Latn|Liménos Límnē}} ({{lang|grc|Λιμένος Λίμνη}}) meaning "port's lake".{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} In [[Medieval Latin]] it was known as {{lang|la|Lacus Lausonius}}, although this name was also used for [[Lausonius Lacus|a town or district]] on the lake, or {{lang|la|Lacus Losanetes}}; the equivalent in [[Old French]] was {{lang|fro|Lac de Lausanne}}.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} Following the rise of Geneva it became {{lang|fr|Lac de Genève}}<ref>{{cite book |language=fr |title=Voyage pittoresque au lac de Genève ou Léman |editor=Orell, Fussli et compagnie |date=1820 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bRcHrbK4O-sC&q=limn%C3%A9+l%C3%A9man&pg=PA9 |access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref> (translated into English as ''Lake Geneva''), but {{lang|fr|Le Léman}} was the common name on all local maps<ref>{{cite web |url=https://s.geo.admin.ch/69c91109a1 |title=Le Léman |website=map.geo.admin.ch |publisher=[[Swisstopo]] |access-date=13 October 2021 |lang=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/carte?c=6.501484414375893,46.39422296273631&z=11&l0=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.PLANIGNV2::GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&l1=STATIONSVERTES::GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMS(1)&permalink=yes |title=Le Léman |website=[[Géoportail]] |publisher=[[Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière]] |language=French |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref> and is the customary name in the French language. In contemporary [[English language|English]], the name ''Lake Geneva'' has become predominant.<ref name="name-LeNews"/>