Great Slave Lake
English
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.
Proper noun
- A lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada; one of the largest lakes in the world and the deepest lake in North America
Derived terms
- Great Slave
- Great Slave East
See also
- Esclave
- Great Slave
- Great Slave East
- Lesser Slave
- Lesser Slave Lake
- Lesser Slave River
- Slave
- Slave Lake
- Slave River
- Slavey
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