Nunatukavut

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proper noun

An unrecognized Inuit territory in Labrador, inhabited by the Inuit-Metis or Labrador Metis, which encompasses Southern Labrador from the Grand River south to Lodge Bay and west to the extent of the official border between Quebec and Labrador.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative NunatuKavut

  1. An unrecognized Inuit territory in Labrador, inhabited by the Inuit-Metis or Labrador Metis, which encompasses Southern Labrador from the Grand River south to Lodge Bay and west to the extent of the official border between Quebec and Labrador.

    The NunatuKavut community council represents about 6,000 Inuit in central and southern Labrador, but Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national representative organization for the Inuit in Canada, disputes NunatuKavut's claims of Inuit identity.

    2023 September 29, Alex Kennedy, “N.L. premier apologizes to residential school survivors in southern Labrador”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2025

Origin

  1. Inuktitut[Term?]
  2. EnglishNunatukavut

Borrowed from Inuktitut [Term?], literally meaning 'our ancient land'.

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APA

Nunatukavut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nunatukavut

MLA

“Nunatukavut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nunatukavut. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nunatukavut,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nunatukavut.

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