Slave Lake

proper noun

Former name of Great Slave Lake: a lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

OriginFrench Esclave →
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Meanings

proper noun
  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.

Origin

  1. FrenchEsclave
  2. EnglishSlave Lake

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.

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APA

Slave Lake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Slave%20Lake

MLA

“Slave Lake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Slave%20Lake. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Slave Lake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Slave%20Lake.

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