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Inuit Nunangat

Inuit Nunangat proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Inuit Nunangat

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    Inuit Nunaat, Nunaat, Nunangat

Synonyms of Inuit Nunangat

  • Inuit Nunaat
  • Nunaat
  • Nunangat

Origin of Inuit Nunangat

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat), from ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “Inuit; people”) + ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (nonangat, “their land”).

Questions about Inuit Nunangat

What does Inuit Nunangat mean?
Inuit Nunangat means 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.
What part of speech is Inuit Nunangat?
Inuit Nunangat is a proper noun.

Words near Inuit Nunangat in the dictionary

  1. Inuhuit
  2. Inuinnaqtun
  3. Inuit
  4. Inuit Dog
  5. Inuit Dogs
  6. Inuit Nunangat
  7. Inuitian
  8. inuitisation
  9. inuitise
  10. Inuitised
  11. Inuitises

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