# Slender West Lake

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.

## Etymology
Calque from Chinese 瘦西湖 (Shòuxīhú, literally “Skinny West Lake”), the adjective distinguishing it from West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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