Nunavut

English

Nunavut's location in Canada

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌn.æ.vʌt/

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 m (nunafūt)
• Armenian: Նունավուտ (Nunavut)
• Chinese:

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

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

• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: Νούναβουτ f (Noúnavout)
• Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (Nunavut)
• Japanese: ヌナブト (Nunabuto)
• Korean: 누나부트 (Nunabuteu)
• Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé bikéyah
• Russian: Нунавут m (Núnavut, Nunavút)
• Spanish: Nunavut 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 (Kotus type 5/risti)

		singular	plural
nominative		Nunavut	—
accusative	zero?	Nunavut	—
	normal	Nunavutin
genitive		Nunavutin	—
partitive		Nunavutia	—
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^(key): /nu.na.vut/
• Rhymes: -ut

Proper noun

Nunavut m

1. Nunavut

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Inuktitut

Etymology

From nunavut.

Proper noun

Nunavut (syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᑦ)

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

Related terms

• Nunavummiuq