Tuktoyaktuk en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌtʌktəˈjæktʌk/ (Canada)
Etymology
An anglicised form of the native Inuvialuit place-name, Inuvialuktun Tuktuyaaqtuuq, meaning "resembling a caribou".
Meanings
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A hamlet in the Northwest Territories.
The pack ice east of Tuktoyaktuk was so bad that we made only about 60 miles north along the coast before we finally gave up and sailed back to Tuk.
1990 August, John Bockstoce, “Changing Images of the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 20:
- (Canada, figuratively) Any proverbially distant or remote place.
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Translations (33)
tr Fizan (distant place) · gl Quimbambas (distant place) · fi Huitsin Nevada (distant place) · gl Pernambuco (distant place) · af Putsonderwater (distant place) · de Buxtehude (distant place) · ar طَفْرَاوَى (distant place) · hi टिम्बकटू (distant place) · fr Tombouctou (distant place) · fr Houte-Si-Plou (distant place) · ikt Tuktuyaaqtuuq (city) · nan-hbl 呂宋噶喇吧 /吕宋噶喇吧 (distant place) · ru тьмутарака́нь (distant place) · it Canicatti (distant place) · fr Pétaouchnock (distant place) · hi टिंबकटू (distant place) · lt Bezdonys (distant place) · lzz პეტრა (distant place) · nl Verweggistan (distant place) · pt Cochinchina (distant place) · da Timbuktu (distant place) · fi hevonkuusi (distant place) · no Bokn (distant place) · srn Kokodiako (distant place) · sv Tjotahejti (distant place) · af Pofadder (distant place) · es Conchinchina (distant place) · nl Timboektoe (distant place) · srn Bagansiyapiyapi (distant place) · gl Cochinchina (distant place) · gd Hiort (distant place) · de Bümpliz (distant place) · nl Tokio (distant place)