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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut or Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat), from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ+ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit+nonangat).
Proper noun
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.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut or Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat), from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ+ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit+nonangat).
Proper noun
Inuit Nunangat ?
- Inuit Nunangat
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Inuktitut
Etymology
Inuit (“the People, the Inuit people”) + nunangat (“the lands, the waters, the ices”)
Proper noun
Inuit Nunangat
- Inuit Nunangat: Alternative form of ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat)
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