Great Bear Lake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada, on the Arctic Circle; one of the largest lakes in the world and the largest lake entirely in Canada.

Word forms

Great Bear Lake

Etymology

Calque of Chipewyan Sahtú (“bear water”), from the grizzly bear, a large bear species.

Related words

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