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Great Bear Lake

Great Bear Lake proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Great Bear Lake

  1. 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.

Origin of Great Bear Lake

Calque of Chipewyan Sahtú (“bear water”), from the grizzly bear, a large bear species.

Questions about Great Bear Lake

What does Great Bear Lake mean?
Great Bear Lake 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.
What part of speech is Great Bear Lake?
Great Bear Lake is a proper noun.

Words near Great Bear Lake in the dictionary

  1. great bass recorders
  2. great basses
  3. Great Bavington
  4. Great Bay
  5. Great Bear
  6. Great Bear Lake
  7. Great Bedwyn
  8. Great Belt
  9. Great Bend
  10. Great Bentley
  11. Great Bernera

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