1. Ladoga - Noun
2. Ladoga - Proper noun
a lake in northwestern Russia to the north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland
Source: WordNetAccording to T. N. Jackson, it can be taken "almost for granted, that the name of Ladoga first referred to the river, then the city, and only then the lake." Source: Internet
According to the entries in the Radzivil and Hypatian Chronicles Ipat’ievskaia letopis’ 1962:14; Radzivilovskaia letopis’ 1989:16 under the years 862–864, Rurik’s first residence was in Ladoga. Source: Internet
It is possible, though not certain, that Ladoga was isolated from it during regression of the subsequent Yoldia Sea brackish stage (10,200–9,500 BP). Source: Internet
Geologically, the Lake Ladoga depression is a graben and syncline structure of Proterozoic age ( Precambrian ). Source: Internet
In his opinion, the primary name of the lake was Old Norse *Aldauga main "old source", associated to the open sea, in contrast to the name of the Neva River (flowing from Lake Ladoga) which would derive from the German expression for "the new". Source: Internet
Army Corps was located north of Lake Ladoga. Source: Internet