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Nunavut

Nunavut

See also: nunavut

English

Nunavut is the Canadian territory that lies east of the Northwest Territories and north of Manitoba. Much of it is north of Ontario and Quebec too.
Nunavut's location in Canada

Proper noun

Nunavut

  1. Territory in northern Canada which has Iqaluit as its capital.

Synonyms

  • Nunavut Territory

Derived terms

  • NU (abbreviation)

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Place names in Nunavut

Finnish

Etymology

From Inuktitut nunavut (our land).

Proper noun

Nunavut

  1. Nunavut (territory in northeast Canada)

Declension

Inflection of Nunavut (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Nunavut
genitive Nunavutin
partitive Nunavutia
illative Nunavutiin
singular plural
nominative Nunavut
accusative nom. Nunavut
gen. Nunavutin
genitive Nunavutin
partitive Nunavutia
inessive Nunavutissa
elative Nunavutista
illative Nunavutiin
adessive Nunavutilla
ablative Nunavutilta
allative Nunavutille
essive Nunavutina
translative Nunavutiksi
instructive
abessive Nunavutitta
comitative

French

Etymology

From Inuktitut nunavut (our land).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nu.na.vut/
  • Rhymes: -ut

Proper noun

Nunavut m

  1. Nunavut

Inuktitut

Etymology

From nunavut.

Proper noun

Nunavut (syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᑦ)

  1. Territory in northern Canada which has Iqaluit as its capital.

Related terms


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English Nunavut, from Inuktitut nunavut (our land).

Proper noun

Nunavut m

  1. Nunavut (a territory of Canada)

nunavut

nunavut

See also: Nunavut

Inuktitut

Noun

nunavut (syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᑦ)

  1. Our land.

Derived terms


Yup'ik

Etymology

nuna (land) + -vut (1st person plural possessive, “our”)

Noun

nunavut

  1. our land

Derived terms