Inuit Nunangat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut [Term?] or Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat), from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ+ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit+nonangat).

Proper noun

Inuit Nunangat

1. (ethnology) The collective name of the territories of the Inuit in Canada, including the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, the federal territory of Nunavut, the Nunavik region in northern Quebec, and the Nunatsiavut region in Labrador.

Synonyms

• Inuit Nunaat (former name)
• Nunaat (former name)
• Nunangat

 

Related terms

• Inuit
• Inuit Nunaat
• Nunaat
• Nunangat

 

Translations

Translations

• French: Inuit Nunangat
• Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat), Inuit Nunangat

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut [Term?] or Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat), from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ+ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit+nonangat).

Proper noun

Inuit Nunangat ?

1. Inuit Nunangat

   Le gouvernement du Canada et l’Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami s’engagent à éradiquer la tuberculose dans l’Inuit Nunangat d’ici 2030

   The Government of Canada and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami commit to eliminating tuberculosis across Inuit Nunangat by 2030

Synonyms

• Nunangat

 

Related terms

• Inuit
• Inuit Nunaat
• Nunaat
• Nunangat

 

Inuktitut

Alternative forms

• ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat)

Etymology

Inuit (“the People, the Inuit people”) +‎ nunangat (“the lands, the waters, the ices”)

Proper noun

Inuit Nunangat

1. Inuit Nunangat: Alternative form of ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat)

Related terms

• Inuit
• inuit
• Inuk
• inuk
• nunaat
• nunangat

 

Descendants

• English: Inuit Nunangat
• French: Inuit Nunangat