Tuktoyaktuk

//ˌtʌktəˈjæktʌk// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A hamlet in the Northwest Territories.
  2. 2
    Any proverbially distant or remote place. Canada, figuratively

Synonyms

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backwaterbumfuck nowherehinterlandjerkwater townnowheresvilleone-horse town

Etymology

Anglicized form of the native Inuvialuit place-name, Inuvialuktun Tuktuyaaqtuuq, meaning "resembling a caribou".

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