1. Great Lakes - Noun
2. Great Lakes - Proper noun
a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America
Source: WordNetIn order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel and red men scalped each other by the great lakes of North America. Thomas Babington Macaulay
As a Michigan senator, I feel a special responsibility to protect the Great Lakes. They are not only a source of clean drinking water for more than 30 million people but are also an integral part of Michigan's heritage and its economy. Debbie Stabenow
The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times larger than France and could contain ten Englands and still have room to spare. John Moody
We've got this proposal which has been languishing in the legislature, the Water Legacy Act, which is derived from a Republican task force on protecting the Great Lakes. Yet nothing has been done on it. Jennifer Granholm
A great famine hit in 1905, with others striking the entire Great Lakes region in 1914, 1923 and 1944. Source: Internet
A continental divide between the Mississippi River and Great Lakes watersheds runs through Cattaraugus County The northern border of the county is formed by Cattaraugus Creek and the Allegheny River arises in the county. Source: Internet