... Constance (for Bodensee), Lake Geneva (for Lac Léman), Lake Maggiore (for Lago Maggiore) and Lake Balaton (for Balaton). 2.42 Strait/straits. The singular is the form commonly used in official ... Celestial bodies and objects. Since they are proper nouns, the names of planets, moons, stars and artificial satellites are capitalised (Venus, Rigel, Palapa B). However, the earth, the moon and the ... peninsula, i.e. Norway and Sweden. In practice, however, it includes Denmark and is often stretched to cover Finland. As a cultural term, ‘Scandinavian’ also embraces Iceland and the Faeroes....