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Athabasca definition

Atha·basca (at̸h′ə bas)

  1. river rising in the Rocky Mountains of SW Alberta, Canada, and flowing northeast into Lake Athabasca: 765 mi (1,231 km)
  2. lake extending across the N Alberta-Saskatchewan, Canada, border: 3,100 sq mi (8,029 sq km)

Etymology: Cree dial. ahthapaskaaw, name of lake, lit., there are reeds here and there < ahthap-, net(like) + -ask-, vegetation + formative suffixes

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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