Athabasca

Meaning

Proper Noun

• lake Alberta (province) Canada (country).
• river Alberta (province) Canada (country) which flows into Lake Athabasca
• town Alberta (province) Canada (country) on the Athabasca River Formerly "Athabasca Landing"

Related

Similar words

• Lake Athabasca / Lake Athabaska
• Athabasca River / Athabaska River
• Athabasca Landing / Athabaska Landing

Origin

• From Woods Cree/Cree Athap-askaw. Compare to Plains Cree ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐘᐢᑯᐢᑳᐤ or Cree ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐘᐢᑳᐤ, from ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐘᐢᑿ. Doublet of Arthabaska, Quebec, from Abenaki awabaska.
• The Cree name originally applied to the lake, and the river delta (the world's largest inland freshwater delta) and was borrowed into French and English by fur traders. The river was named by extension, and the town's name is clipping of "Athabasca Landing". The Cree name for the town is ᑲᐹᐏᓂᕁ.