English Explanatory Dictionary

Great Slave Lake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada; one of the largest lakes in the world and the deepest lake in North America.

Word forms

Great Slave Lake

Etymology

From being the larger of the two former Slave Lakes, from being named after the Slavey people, from French Esclave, from esclave (“slave”), from Cree term for slaves, from being a Cree exonym for the Slavey people.

Related words

Esclave Great Slave Great Slave East Lesser Slave Lesser Slave Lake Lesser Slave River Slave Slave Lake Slave River Slavey

Derived words

Great Slave Great Slave East
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