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Pontchartrain definition

Pont·char·train (pän′c̸hər trān′)

shallow saltwater lake in SE La.: 625 sq mi (1,619 sq km)

Etymology: after Louis, Comte de Pontchartrain (1643-1727), Fr statesman & explorer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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