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Nunavut en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈnʊnəvʊt/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈnʌnəvət/
  • /ˈn(j)uːnəˌvuːt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Inuktitut ᓄᓇ (nona) Inuktitut -ᕗᑦ (-fot) Inuktitut ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (nonafot) English Nunavut From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”)/ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (nonafot). Compare Greenlandic nunarput (“our country, Greenland”), Inuvialuktun nunakput (“our land”), and Alutiiq nunapet (“our land”)

Meanings

  1. A territory in northern Canada. Capital: Iqaluit.
    • All of the houses in Nunavut must be built on stilts because the permafrost makes it impossible to sink foundations. 2018, Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth, And Other Stories (2023), page 60:

Deriveds

NU

Relateds

Nunavummiut · Nunavummiuq

Synonyms

Nunavut Territory

Translations (50)

cmn 努納武特 /努纳武特 (territory in northern Canada) · ru Нунаву́т (territory in northern Canada) · es Nunavut (territory in northern Canada) · sk Nunavut (territory in northern Canada) · ja ヌナブト (territory in northern Canada) · fr Nunavut (territory in northern Canada) · nn Nunavut (territory in northern Canada) · el Νούναβουτ (territory in northern Canada) · th นูนาวุต (territory in northern Canada) · km នូណាវូត (territory in northern Canada) · hi नूनावूत (territory in northern Canada) · az Nunavut (territory in northern Canada) · de Nunavut (territory in northern Canada) · pl Nunavut (territory in northern Canada) · bn নুনাভুট (territory in northern Canada) · iu ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (territory in northern Canada) · ar نُونَافُوت (territory in northern Canada) · eo Nunavuto (territory in northern Canada) · cs Nunavut (territory in northern Canada) · lt Nunavutas (territory in northern Canada) · sgs Nunavuts (territory in northern Canada) · pt Nunavut (territory in northern Canada) · hy Նունավուտ (territory in northern Canada) · ur نُناوُت (territory in northern Canada) · la Nunavut (territory in northern Canada) · mk Ну́навут (territory in northern Canada) · he נוּנַאווּט (territory in northern Canada) · ka ნუნავუტი (territory in northern Canada) · esu Nunavut (territory in northern Canada) · nb Nunavut (territory in northern Canada) · fy Nûnavût (territory in northern Canada) · uk Ну́навут (territory in northern Canada) · yue 努納福特 /努纳福特 (territory in northern Canada) · it Nunavut (territory in northern Canada) · yue 努納瓦特 /努纳瓦特 (territory in northern Canada) · is Núnavút (territory in northern Canada) · yue 努勒維特 /努勒维特 (territory in northern Canada) · cmn 努納福特 /努纳福特 (territory in northern Canada) · mr नुनवुत (territory in northern Canada) · ru Ну́навут (territory in northern Canada) · am ኑናቩት (territory in northern Canada) · ko 누나부트 (territory in northern Canada) · tr Nunavut (territory in northern Canada) · nv Náhookǫsjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé bikéyah (territory in northern Canada) · yue 努納伏 /努纳伏 (territory in northern Canada) · yue 努納武特 /努纳武特 (territory in northern Canada) · lv Nunavuta (territory in northern Canada) · fi Nunavut (territory in northern Canada) · bg Ну́навут (territory in northern Canada) · yue 努納伏特 /努纳伏特 (territory in northern Canada)