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Lesser Slave Lake

Lesser Slave Lake proper noun: a lake in Alberta, Canada; one of the largest lakes in Alberta.

Proper noun

Lesser Slave Lake

  1. A lake in Alberta, Canada; one of the largest lakes in Alberta.

Origin of Lesser Slave Lake

From being the smaller of the two former Slave Lakes, two extremely large lakes. From being named after the Slavey people, from French Esclave, from esclave (“slave”), from Cree awokanek (“slaves”), from being a Cree exonym for the Slavey people, known among themselves as the Sahtu or Dene Tha'.

Words formed from Lesser Slave Lake

Questions about Lesser Slave Lake

What does Lesser Slave Lake mean?
Lesser Slave Lake means a lake in Alberta, Canada; one of the largest lakes in Alberta.
What part of speech is Lesser Slave Lake?
Lesser Slave Lake is a proper noun.

Words near Lesser Slave Lake in the dictionary

  1. lesser scaup
  2. lesser scaups
  3. lesser seal script
  4. lesser siren
  5. lesser sirens
  6. Lesser Slave Lake
  7. Lesser Slave River
  8. lesser spot-nosed monkey
  9. lesser spot-nosed monkeys
  10. lesser spotted
  11. lesser spotted eagle

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