Etymology

Tuktoyaktuk

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Today it means: A hamlet in the Northwest Territories. Full definition →

Inuvialuktun Tuktuyaaqtuuq
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  1. Inuvialuktun · borrowed fromTuktuyaaqtuuq
  2. English todayTuktoyaktuk

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.