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See also: nunavut
English
[edit]![Nunavut is the Canadian territory that lies east of the Northwest Territories and north of Manitoba. Much of it is north of Ontario and Quebec too.](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Nunavut-map.png/220px-Nunavut-map.png)
Etymology
[edit]From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”)/ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (nonafot). Compare Greenlandic nunarput (“our country, Greenland”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nunavut
- A territory in northern Canada which has Iqaluit as its capital.
- Synonym: Nunavut Territory
- 2018, Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth, And Other Stories (2023), page 60:
- All of the houses in Nunavut must be built on stilts because the permafrost makes it impossible to sink foundations.
Derived terms
[edit]- NU (abbreviation)
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]territory in northern Canada
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nunavut
- Nunavut (territory in far northern Canada)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Nunavut (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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 | — | |
abessive | Nunavutitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Belgium, France) IPA(key): /nu.na.vut/, /ny.na.vyt/
- (New Brunswick, Quebec) IPA(key): /nu.na.vut/, /nu.na.vʊt/, /ny.na.vʏt/, /ny.na.vʏt/
Audio (Canada): (file) - Rhymes: -ut, -yt
Proper noun
[edit]Nunavut m
Inuktitut
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nunavut.
Proper noun
[edit]Nunavut (syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᑦ)
Related terms
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English Nunavut, from Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”).
Proper noun
[edit]Nunavut m
Categories:
- English terms derived from Inuktitut
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Canada
- en:Territories of Canada
- Finnish terms derived from Inuktitut
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/unɑʋut
- Rhymes:Finnish/unɑʋut/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- French terms borrowed from Inuktitut
- French terms derived from Inuktitut
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- Rhymes:French/ut
- Rhymes:French/ut/3 syllables
- Rhymes:French/yt
- Rhymes:French/yt/3 syllables
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Nunavut
- fr:Territories of Canada
- fr:Places in Canada
- Inuktitut lemmas
- Inuktitut proper nouns
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
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- pt:Nunavut
- pt:Territories of Canada
- pt:Places in Canada