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Why is it the "Sea of Galilee?'' Surely the people knew it was a lake.?

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  • Anonymous
    3 years ago
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    I live on a road that goes by a pond. The developer called it a lake. I once live on a 625 square mile body of water that was called a lake. It is all in what people choose to name something.

  • 3 years ago

    Sometimes words are deceiving... the 'Sea of Galilee' would have been translated from the original languages of the Bible, and over time the meaning might have been lost in translation. Who knows, they might have meant 'lake'.

  • 3 years ago

    Lakes are not salty.

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Several lakes across the world are called "sea", notably the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea in Russia.

    In the German language the word "See" (pronounced "zay") is used for most lakes and for some seas, e.g. "Nordsee" (North Sea).

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  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    A sea doesn't have to be part of an ocean. It can be any large body of water, salt or fresh water. Aral Sea, Caspian Sea, Dead Sea, Salton Sea, and Sea of Galilee, all are lakes.

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