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Estany
They speak of wathers in Catalonia. A pond? Estanque in Spanish?
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Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Lake
Although 'estany' is usually translated as 'pond', if you look at the photos in the reference, they look more lie lakes.
http://es.geoview.info/contraix,666811555n
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Note added at 54 mins (2014-06-14 08:26:44 GMT)
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'Estany' is a lake, not a pond!
Estany i no llac. Llac és un genèric mal emprat en la nostra toponímia. Si mireu un mapa topogràfic amb la toponímia acurada, no hi trobareu, dins el domini del català, cap topònim encapçalat amb el mot llac; tots són estanys; ho són els de l’alta muntanya pirinenca, el de Banyoles, els de les zones d’aiguamolls costaners. Hi trobareu, sí, ivó a la Ribagorça (en aragonès ibón), o bassa, calaix, llauna al delta de l’Ebre o a l’Empordà; bufera al País Valencià. Així ho denuncien Joan Coromines en el Diccionari Etimològic i Complementari de la Llengua Catalana (DECLC, V. 9b) i Carles Domingo (Els noms de les formes del relleu. Societat d’Onomàstica i Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, 1997), que són de la mateixa opinió. I si mireu un mapa del "Midi" de França, en el domini de l’occità, totes les esteses d’aigua són étangs, i n’hi ha de molt grans. Potser, dons, s’hauria de modificar la nostra definició d’estany. Si estany és sinònim de llac, tant hi fa que l’estany sigui petit com gran. Els "llacs", a casa nostra, són d’importació.
http://www.oocities.org/athens/pantheon/8883/lexic28.html
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-06-14 08:45:05 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant to write 'they look more like (not lie) lakes'!
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Note added at 8 hrs (2014-06-14 16:21:18 GMT)
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Here's a photo of one:
http://www.gettyimages.in/detail/photo/hiker-near-mountain-l...
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Note added at 8 hrs (2014-06-14 16:25:35 GMT)
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscoantunes/6158031209/
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