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great slave lake

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables
great slave lake
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada; one of the largest lakes in the world and the deepest lake in North America.

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Great Slave Great Slave East Lesser Slave Lesser Slave Lake Lesser Slave River Slave Lake Slave River

Frequently Paired Words

Esclave Great Slave Great Slave East Lesser Slave Lesser Slave Lake Lesser Slave River Slave Slave Lake

Questions

What does great slave lake mean?
A lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada; one of the largest lakes in the world and the deepest lake in North America.
Where does great slave lake come from?
It is traced to French.

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