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The lake's name in Latin is Lano, Italianized as Lario, but this name is rarely used ; it is usually called Lago di Como ( literally " Lake of Como ").

In guidebooks the lake may be variously described as " Lake Como ", " Lake of Como ", or " Como Lake.

" The lake's name comes from the town of Como, known to the Romans as Comum.