Nunavut

//ˈn(j)uːnəˌvuːt// name

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  1. 1
    A territory in northern Canada. Capital: Iqaluit.

    "All of the houses in Nunavut must be built on stilts because the permafrost makes it impossible to sink foundations."

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nunavut territorynunavut territory

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"The coldest place in Canada is the research base Eureka, in Nunavut."

Etymology

From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”)/ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (nonafot). Compare Greenlandic nunarput (“our country, Greenland”), Inuvialuktun nunakput (“our land”), and Alutiiq nunapet (“our land”)

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