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- Chipewyan · calque ofSahtú“bear water”
- English todayGreat Bear Lake
Calque of Chipewyan Sahtú (“bear water”), from the grizzly bear, a large bear species.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Bear Lake
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Chipewyan Sahtú