Inuit Nunangat

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Etymology[edit]

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

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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.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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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[1]

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  1. ^ https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1521827210419/1521827727924

Inuktitut[edit]

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

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Inuit Nunangat

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

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  • English: Inuit Nunangat
  • French: Inuit Nunangat
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