English Explanatory Dictionary

Slave Lake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Former name of Great Slave Lake: a lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
  2. Former name of Lesser Slave Lake: a lake in Alberta, Canada.
  3. A town in Lesser Slave, Alberta, Canada, on Lesser Slave Lake, at the head of Lesser Slave River.

Word forms

Slave Lake

Etymology

From being a lake 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.

Derived words

Great Slave Lake Lesser Slave Lake Slave River
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