Inuit Nunangat

proper noun

The collective name of the territories of the Inuit in Canada, including the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, the federal territory of Nunavut, the Nunavik region in northern Quebec, and the Nunatsiavut region in Labrador.

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Inuit NunaatNunaatNunangat
OriginInuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. anthropologyThe collective name of the territories of the Inuit in Canada, including the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, the federal territory of Nunavut, the Nunavik region in northern Quebec, and the Nunatsiavut region in Labrador.

    Synonyms: Inuit Nunaat, Nunaat, Nunangat

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe collective name of the territories of the Inuit in Canada, including the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, the federal territory of Nunavut, the Nunavik region in northern Quebec, and the Nunatsiavut region in Labrador.

Similar
Inuit NunaatNunaatNunangat

Origin

  1. Inuktitutᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ
  2. EnglishInuit Nunangat

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat), from ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “Inuit; people”) + ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (nonangat, “their land”).

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Translations

French Inuit Nunangat
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APA

Inuit Nunangat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Inuit%20Nunangat

MLA

“Inuit Nunangat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Inuit%20Nunangat. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Inuit Nunangat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Inuit%20Nunangat.

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