Lake Geneva boats on the lake. The lake lies on the course of the Rhône. The river has its source at the Rhône Glacier near the Grimsel Pass to the east of the lake and flows down through the canton of Valais, entering the lake between Villeneuve and Le Bouveret, before flowing slowly towards its egress at Geneva. Other tributaries are La Dranse, L'Aubonne, La Morges, La Venoge, La Vuachère, and La Veveyse. Lake Geneva is the largest body of water in Switzerland, and greatly exceeds in size all others that are connected with the main valleys of the Alps. It is
Mauger (French name) Mauger (French name) Mauger is a Norman surname of Germanic origin (possibly meaning 'council-spear'). It was used first as a given name in the Middle Ages. pronunciation API : French [moʒe] (Old French [maʷdʒɘʁ]) ; English [ˈmeɪ.dʒ.ə(ɹ)]. The second element of the name "-ger" is from Germanic "gari" "spear" (see Roger, Gerard, etc.), while the first element "Mau-", is a short form for "Madal-", which is ultimately from Germanic "*maþl-" "assembly, council" (Old High German "mahal", Anglo-Saxon "mæðl" "council, assembly"). The Old Norman form was "Malger". In fact, it could recover an Old Scandinavian given name, like many other Norman