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Etymology
From Norwegian Gjøahavn.
From Gjøa+havn (“harbour”).
From Gjøa, a sailing sloop used by Roald Amundsen. From Old Norse Gyða, a contraction of Guðfríðr, from guð (“god”)+fríðr (“beautiful”).
Coined by Roald Amundsen's expedition.
Proper noun
Gjoa Haven
- A placename
- A hamlet in King William Island, Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada
- A bay of King William Island, Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada
- An electoral district in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada
- A dialect of Inuktitut
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