Okak
English edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut oĸaĸ (“tongue”). The settlement was named after Okak Bay, which is shaped roughly like a tongue.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Okak
- A ghost town in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador. [From 1776]
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- English terms derived from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/əʊkɑk
- Rhymes:English/əʊkɑk/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Ghost towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
- en:Places in Newfoundland and Labrador
- en:Places in Canada