English Explanatory Dictionary

Lesser Slave Lake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A lake in Alberta, Canada; one of the largest lakes in Alberta.

Word forms

Lesser Slave Lake

Etymology

From being the smaller of the two former Slave Lakes, two extremely large lakes. From being named after the Slavey people, from French Esclave, from esclave (“slave”), from Cree awokanek (“slaves”), from being a Cree exonym for the Slavey people, known among themselves as the Sahtu or Dene Tha'.

Related words

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

Derived words

Lesser Slave Lesser Slave River
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