Etymology

Nunavut

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Today it means: A territory in northern Canada. Capital: Iqaluit. Full definition →

Inuktitut ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (nonafot)
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  1. Inuktitutᓄᓇ (nona)
  2. Inuktitutᓄᓇᕗᑦ (nonafot)
  3. English todayNunavut

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.