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Nuvvuagittuq

Nuvvuagittuq proper noun: the area on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay that is the location of the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, possibly the oldest known terrestrial rock formation, between 3.75 and 4.3 billion years old, possibly bearing traces of early life.

Proper noun

Nuvvuagittuq

  1. The area on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay that is the location of the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, possibly the oldest known terrestrial rock formation, between 3.75 and 4.3 billion years old, possibly bearing traces of early life.

Origin of Nuvvuagittuq

From Inuktitut (Nunatsiavummiutut dialect).

Questions about Nuvvuagittuq

What does Nuvvuagittuq mean?
Nuvvuagittuq means the area on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay that is the location of the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, possibly the oldest known terrestrial rock formation, between 3.75 and 4.3 billion years old, possibly bearing traces of early life.
What part of speech is Nuvvuagittuq?
Nuvvuagittuq is a proper noun.

Words near Nuvvuagittuq in the dictionary

  1. nuučaan̓uł
  2. NUV
  3. Nuvaiumsie
  4. nuvenzepine
  5. Nuvuk
  6. Nuvvuagittuq
  7. Nuwa
  8. Nuwaubian
  9. Nuwaubianism
  10. Nuwaubians
  11. NUWC

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