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Geneva Lake (Potawatomi: Kishwauketoe 'Clear Water') [2] is a body of freshwater in Walworth County in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. [3] On its shores are the city of Lake Geneva and the villages of Fontana-on-Geneva-Lake and Williams Bay .
Lake Geneva is located at (42.592380, -88.434424). [17] The city is on the northeast bay of Geneva Lake on relatively flat ground, with some steep hills and bluffs. The White River flows out of Geneva Lake for 19 miles into Burlington, Wisconsin.
[citation needed] Following the rise of Geneva it became Lac de Genève [5] (translated into English as Lake Geneva), but Le Léman was the common name on all local maps [6] [7] and is the customary name in the French language. In contemporary English, the name Lake Geneva has become predominant. [4]
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The "Village of Geneva" was incorporated in 1806, formally separating it from the surrounding area of Geneva Town. Later the village became a city through a 1871 charter. [10] In the 1830s, a government surveyor named John Brink named both Geneva Lake and Lake Geneva in Wisconsin after Geneva, New York.