Nunavut
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Nunavut's location in Canada
See also: nunavut
English
Etymology
From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”)/ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (nonafot). Compare Greenlandic nunarput (“our country, Greenland”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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
- NU (abbreviation)
Related terms
Translations
territory in northern Canada
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Finnish
Etymology
From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nunavut
- Nunavut (territory in far northern Canada)
Declension
| 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 | — | |
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| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”).
Pronunciation
- (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
Nunavut m
Inuktitut
Etymology
From nunavut.
Proper noun
Nunavut (syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᑦ)
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Nunavut, from Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”).
Proper noun
Nunavut m
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
Nunavut m inan
Declension
Declension of Nunavut
Further reading
- “Nunavut”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024