Inuit Nunangat
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat), from ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “Inuit; people”) + ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (nonangat, “their land”).
Proper noun
[edit]Inuit Nunangat
- (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
[edit]- Inuit Nunaat (former name)
- Nunaat (former name)
- Nunangat
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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).
Proper noun
[edit]- 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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[edit]Inuktitut
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat)
Etymology
[edit]Inuit (“the People, the Inuit people”) + nunangat (“their land”)
Proper noun
[edit]- Inuit Nunangat: alternative form of ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat)
- Inuit homeland in Canada
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: Inuit Nunangat
- French: Inuit Nunangat
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