Baikal

[John Dingley]

Hi,

Lake Baikal (< Turkic bai = rich + köl = lake, according to Vasmer)
is also known in Russian as 1) goluboe oko Sibiri, and
2) svetloe oko Sibiri. Typing those in Russian into Google, one gets
82 hits for goluboe and 101 for svetloe. Does anyone know which of
these two appellations is used by people living in the vicinity of
Lake Baikal?

John Dingley

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