Brienz
Lake of, a lake in SE Bern canton in Switzerland. 11.5 sq. mi. (30 sq. km).
Historical Examples
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 Various
Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Nasby in Exile David R. Locke
From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn Henry M. Field
Everyday Objects W. H. Davenport Adams
Harper’s Young People, April 6, 1880 Various
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