"Great Slave Lake" meaning in English

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Proper name

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. Etymology templates: {{l|en|Slave Lake}} Slave Lake, {{l|en|Slavey}} Slavey, {{der|en|fr|Esclave}} French Esclave, {{l|en|slave}} slave, {{m|fr|esclave||slave}} esclave (“slave”), {{der|en|cr|-}} Cree, {{l|en|Cree}} Cree, {{l|en|exonym}} exonym Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|head=Great Slave Lake}} Great Slave Lake
  1. A lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada; one of the largest lakes in the world and the deepest lake in North America Wikipedia link: en:Great Slave Lake Categories (place): Lakes, Places in Canada, Places in the Northwest Territories Derived forms: Great Slave, Great Slave East Related terms: Esclave, Great Slave, Great Slave East, Lesser Slave, Lesser Slave Lake, Lesser Slave River, Slave, Slave Lake, Slave River, Slavey
    Sense id: en-Great_Slave_Lake-en-name-jGlRS1aZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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