Etymology

Great Slave Lake

Today it means: A lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada; one of the largest lakes in the world and the deepest lake in North America. Full definition →

French Esclave
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  1. French · derived fromEsclave
  2. English todayGreat Slave Lake

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

Words from the same roots

FrenchEsclave all →

Lesser Slave LakeSclaviaSlave Lakeslavey

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.