Chaubunagungamaug

Alternative forms

 * Lake Chabunagungamaug

Etymology
From a Nipmuck word, translated by Ives Goddard as "fishing place at the boundary" or "lake divided by islands".

Chaubunagungamaug is the form used by the US government and it occurs in the earliest local records, according to Goddard. In 1921, a local fancifully enlarged the name to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.

Proper noun

 * 1) A small lake east of Webster, Massachusetts.

Usage notes
This is the name found in the earliest records and is used by the USGS. Some locals prefer fancifully lengthened versions of the name.

Synonyms

 * Lake Chargoggagoggmanchoggagogg
 * Lake Chargoggagoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaug
 * Lake Chargoggaggoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaug
 * Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaug
 * Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
 * Lake Chargoggagogmanchaugagogchaubunagungamaug
 * Lake Chaugogagogmanchaugagogchaubunagungamaug
 * Lake Webster, Webster Lake
 * Lake Webster, Webster Lake