# Slave Lake

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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