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Arviat

Arviat proper noun: a hamlet in Kivalliq, Nunavut, Canada, on the west coast of Hudson Bay; the third largest community in Nunavut, the largest community near the geographic centre of Canada.

Proper noun

Arviat

  1. A hamlet in Kivalliq, Nunavut, Canada, on the west coast of Hudson Bay; the third largest community in Nunavut, the largest community near the geographic centre of Canada.
    Synonyms:
    Eskimo Point, Ittaliurvik, Tikirajualaaq

Synonyms of Arviat

Origin of Arviat

From Inuktitut ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ (arfiat) / Arviat, from ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ / arviat (“place of the bowhead whale”), from ᐊᕐᕕᒃ / arvik (“bowhead whale”).

Questions about Arviat

What does Arviat mean?
Arviat means a hamlet in Kivalliq, Nunavut, Canada, on the west coast of Hudson Bay; the third largest community in Nunavut, the largest community near the geographic centre of Canada.
What part of speech is Arviat?
Arviat is a proper noun.

Words near Arviat in the dictionary

  1. Arverni
  2. Arvernia
  3. Arvernian
  4. Arvernians
  5. Arverns
  6. Arviat
  7. arvicanthine
  8. arvicole
  9. arvicoles
  10. arvicolid
  11. arvicolids

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