Tuktoyaktuk

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Canada/ˌtʌktəˈjæktʌk/

proper noun

A hamlet in the Northwest Territories.

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TukTimbuktuWoop Woop
OriginInuvialuktun Tuktuyaaqtuuq →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A hamlet in the Northwest Territories.

    The pack ice east of Tuktoyaktuk was so bad that we made only about 60 miles north along the coast before we finally gave up and sailed back to Tuk.

    1990 August, John Bockstoce, “Changing Images of the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 20

    Synonyms: Tuk

  2. CanadafigurativelyAny proverbially distant or remote place.

    Synonyms: Timbuktu, Woop Woop

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA hamlet in the Northwest Territories.

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Tuk

proper nounAny proverbially distant or remote place.

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TimbuktuWoop Woop

Origin

  1. InuvialuktunTuktuyaaqtuuq
  2. EnglishTuktoyaktuk

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

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Translations

Afrikaans Pofadder, Putsonderwater
  • Pofadderdistant place
  • Putsonderwaterdistant place
Arabic طَفْرَاوَى
  • طَفْرَاوَى (ṭafrāwā)distant place
Danish Timbuktu
  • Timbuktudistant place
Dutch Timboektoe, Tokio
  • Timboektoedistant place
  • Tokiodistant place
  • Verweggistandistant place
Finnish Huitsin Nevada, hevonkuusi
  • Huitsin Nevadadistant place
  • hevonkuusidistant place
French Tombouctou, Pétaouchnock
  • Tombouctoudistant place
  • Pétaouchnockdistant place
  • Houte-Si-Ploudistant place
German Buxtehude, Bümpliz
  • Buxtehudedistant place
  • Bümplizdistant place
Hindi टिम्बकटू, टिंबकटू
  • टिम्बकटू (ṭimbakṭū)distant place
  • टिंबकटू (ṭimbakṭū)distant place
Italian Canicatti
  • Canicattidistant place
Lithuanian Bezdonys
  • Bezdonysdistant place
Norwegian Bokn
  • Bokndistant place
Portuguese Cochinchina
  • Cochinchinadistant place
Russian тьмутарака́нь
  • тьмутарака́нь (tʹmutarakánʹ)distant place
Scottish Gaelic Hiort
  • Hiortdistant place
Spanish Conchinchina
  • Conchinchinadistant place
Swedish Tjotahejti
  • Tjotahejtidistant place
Turkish Fizan
  • Fizandistant place
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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