baïkal

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Definition of baïkal in French English dictionary

Baikal, Baikal Lake, lake in southern Russia

baikal

Etymology

() From Russian Байкал (Baykal, “Baikal”), from Buryat Байгал нуур (Baygal nuur, “Lake Baikal”), ultimately from the Turkic bai "rich", and kul "lake".2003, Krech, Shepard, Encyclopedia of World Environmental History: F-N, Routledge: