Nunavut

English

Nunavut's location in Canada

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈnʌn.æ.vʌt/, X-SAMPA: /"nVn.{.vVt/

Proper noun

Nunavut

1. 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: نونافوت (ar) (nunafūt) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 努納武特 (cmn), 努纳武特 (cmn) (Nǔnàwǔtè)

• Esperanto: Nunavuto (eo)
• Finnish: Nunavut (fi)
• French: Nunavut (fr) m

• Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (iu) (Nunavut)
• Japanese: ヌナブト (ja) (Nunabuto)
• Korean: 누나부트 (ko) (Nunabuteu)
• Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé bikéyah
• Russian: Нунавут (ru) (Núnavut, Nunavút) m

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Nunavut

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Finnish

Etymology

From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”).

Proper noun

Nunavut

1. Nunavut (territory in northeast Canada)

Declension

Declension of Nunavut (type risti) singular plural nominative Nunavut – genitive Nunavutin – partitive Nunavutia – accusative Nunavut Nunavutin – inessive Nunavutissa – elative Nunavutista – illative Nunavutiin – adessive Nunavutilla – ablative Nunavutilta – allative Nunavutille – essive Nunavutina – translative Nunavutiksi – instructive – – abessive Nunavutitta – comitative – –

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French

Etymology

From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nu.na.vut/
• Rhymes: -ut

Proper noun

Nunavut m

1. Nunavut

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Inuktitut

Etymology

From nunavut

Proper noun

Nunavut (Canadian syllabics spelling ᓄᓇᕗᑦ)

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

Related terms

• Nunavummiuq