Arviat
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editFrom Inuktitut ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ (arfiat) / Arviat, from ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ / arviat (“place of the bowhead whale”), from ᐊᕐᕕᒃ / arvik (“bowhead whale”).
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- A hamlet in Kivalliq, Nunavut, Canada, on the west coast of Hudson Bay; the third largest community in Nunavut, the largest community near the geographic centre of Canada
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editFrom Inuktitut ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ (arfiat) / Arviat, from ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ / arviat (“place of the bowhead whale”), from ᐊᕐᕕᒃ / arvik (“bowhead whale”).
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- Latin spelling of ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ (arfiat)
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