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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

Territory in northern Canada which has Iqaluit as its capital.

Synonyms

Nunavut Territory

Derived terms

NU (abbreviation)

Related terms

Nunavummiuq

Translations

territory in northern Canada

Arabic: نُونَافُوت m ‎(nunafūt)
Armenian: Նունավուտ ‎(Nunavut)
Bengali:
Chinese:

Cantonese: 努納武特, 努纳武特 ‎(nou⁵ naap⁶ mou⁵ dak⁶), 努納福特, 努纳福特 ‎(nou⁵ naap⁶ fuk¹ dak⁶), 努納伏特, 努纳伏特 ‎(nou⁵ naap⁶ fuk⁶ dak⁶), 努勒維特, 努勒维特 ‎(nou⁵ lak⁶ wai⁴ dak⁶), 努納伏, 努纳伏 ‎(nou⁵ naap⁶ fuk⁶), 努納瓦特, 努纳瓦特 ‎(nou⁵ naap⁶ ngaa⁵ dak⁶)

Mandarin: 努納武特 (zh), 努纳武特 (zh) ‎(Nǔnàwǔtè), 努納福特, 努纳福特 ‎(Nǔnàfútè), 努納伏特, 努纳伏特 ‎(Nǔnàfútè), 努勒維特, 努勒维特 ‎(Nǔlèwéitè), 努納伏, 努纳伏 ‎(Nǔnàfú), 努納瓦特, 努纳瓦特 ‎(Nǔnàwǎtè)
Esperanto: Nunavuto
Finnish: Nunavut (fi)
French: Nunavut (fr) m

Georgian: ნუნავუტი ‎(nunavuṭi)
Greek: Νούναβουτ f ‎(Noúnavout)
Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ‎(nunavut)
Japanese: ヌナブト ‎(Nunabuto)
Korean: 누나부트 ‎(Nunabuteu)
Latvian: Nunavuta f
Lithuanian: Nunavutas m
Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé bikéyah
Portuguese: Nunavut m
Russian: Ну́навут (ru) m ‎(Núnavut), Нунаву́т (ru) m ‎(Nunavút)
Samogitian: Nunavuts
Spanish: Nunavut m
Yup'ik: Nunavut

Finnish

Etymology

From Inuktitut nunavut ‎(“our land”).

Proper noun

Nunavut

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	—
accusative	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

Nunavut

Inuktitut

Etymology

From nunavut.

Proper noun

Nunavut (syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᑦ)

Territory in northern Canada which has Iqaluit as its capital.

Related terms

Nunavummiuq

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Nunavut m

Nunavut (a territory of Canada)

nunavut

See also: Nunavut

Inuktitut

Noun

nunavut (syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᑦ)

Our land.

Derived terms

Nunavut

Yup'ik

Etymology

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

Noun

nunavut

our land

Derived terms

Nunavut

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nunavut

nunavut

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