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- French · derived fromEsclave
- English · derived fromSlavey
- French · derived fromesclave“slave”
- English todaySclavia
From French esclave (“slave”) + -ia. From Slave Craton, from English Slavey, from Slave, from French Esclave, calque from Cree word for slave, the Cree exonym for the Slavey people, an Athabaskan aboriginal people who live in the region of the craton, particularly around the Great Slave Lake, itself also named for the Slavey. For more, see French esclave, English slave.
Words from the same roots
Frenchesclave all →
Great Slave LakeLesser Slave LakeSlave Lakeslavey
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.