Galilee, Sea of
geographical name
Gal·i·lee, Sea of
ˈga-lə-ˌlē 
variants
or modern Lake Tiberias
or biblical Lake of Gennesaret
gə-ˈne-sə-ˌret
or Sea of Tiberias
or Sea of Chinnereth
or Hebrew Yam Kinneret
-rət
lake 13 miles (21 kilometers) long and 7 miles (11 kilometers) wide in northern Israel on the Syrian border traversed by the Jordan River; about 700 feet (212 meters) below sea level
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