Nunavut

Nunavut

See also: nunavut

English

Nunavut's location in Canada

Etymology

From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”)/ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (nonafot). Compare Greenlandic nunarput (“our country, Greenland”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Nunavut

1. A territory in northern Canada which has Iqaluit as its capital.

   Synonym: 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／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 (nonafot) Japanese: ヌナブト (Nunabuto) Khmer: នូណាវូត (nuunaavuut) Korean: 누나부트 (Nunabuteu) Latvian: Nunavuta f Lithuanian: Nunavutas m Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé bikéyah Norwegian: Bokmål: Nunavut Nynorsk: Nunavut Portuguese: Nunavut m Russian: Ну́навут (ru) m (Núnavut), Нунаву́т (ru) m (Nunavút) Samogitian: Nunavuts Spanish: Nunavut (es) m Ukrainian: Ну́навут m (Núnavut) Yup'ik: Nunavut

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Finnish

Etymology

From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnunɑʋut/, [ˈnunɑʋut̪]
• Rhymes: -unɑʋut
• Syllabification^(key): Nu‧na‧vut

Proper noun

Nunavut

1. Nunavut (territory in far northern 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		—	—

Possessive forms of Nunavut (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Nunavutini	Nunavutimme
2nd person	Nunavutisi	Nunavutinne
3rd person	Nunavutinsa

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French

Etymology

From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu.na.vut/

• Audio (CAN)

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• 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

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

Proper noun

Nunavut m

1. Nunavut (a territory of Canada)