Nunavut

See also: nunavut

English

Nunavut's location in Canada

Etymology

From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)uːnəˌvuːt/, /ˈnʌnəvət/

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: نُونَافُوت‎‎ m (nunafūt)
• Armenian: Նունավուտ (Nunavut)
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 努納武特, 努纳武特 (nou⁵ naap⁶ mou⁵ dak⁶), 努納福特, 努纳福特 (nou⁵ naap⁶ fuk¹ dak⁶), 努納伏特, 努纳伏特 (nou⁵ naap⁶ fuk⁶ dak⁶), 努勒維特, 努勒维特 (nou⁵ lak⁶ wai⁴ dak⁶), 努納伏, 努纳伏 (nou⁵ naap⁶ fuk⁶), 努納瓦特, 努纳瓦特 (nou⁵ naap⁶ ngaa⁵ dak⁶)

  Mandarin: 努納武特 (zh), 努纳武特 (zh) (Nǔnàwǔtè), 努納福特, 努纳福特 (Nǔnàfútè), 努納伏特, 努纳伏特 (Nǔnàfútè), 努勒維特, 努勒维特 (Nǔlèwéitè), 努納伏, 努纳伏 (Nǔnàfú), 努納瓦特, 努纳瓦特 (Nǔnàwǎtè)

• Czech: Nunavut (cs) m
• Esperanto: Nunavuto
• Finnish: Nunavut (fi)
• French: Nunavut (fr) m
• Georgian: ნუნავუტი (nunavuṭi)
• Greek: Νούναβουτ f (Noúnavout)

• Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (nunavut)
• Japanese: ヌナブト (Nunabuto)
• Korean: 누나부트 (Nunabuteu)
• Latvian: Nunavuta f
• Lithuanian: Nunavutas m
• Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé bikéyah
• Portuguese: Nunavut m
• Russian: Ну́навут (ru) m (Núnavut), Нунаву́т (ru) m (Nunavút)
• Samogitian: Nunavuts
• Spanish: Nunavut (es) m
• Yup'ik: Nunavut

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

Inflection of Nunavut (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Nunavut	—
genitive		Nunavutin	—
partitive		Nunavutia	—
illative		Nunavutiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Nunavut	—
accusative	nom.	Nunavut	—
	gen.	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

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nunavut, from Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”).

Proper noun

Nunavut m

1. Nunavut (a territory of Canada)