Inuit Nunangat
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut [Term?] or Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat), from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ+ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit+nonangat).
Proper noun
Inuit Nunangat
- (ethnology) 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.
Synonyms
- Inuit Nunaat (former name)
- Nunaat (former name)
- Nunangat
Related terms
- Inuit
- Inuit Nunaat
- Nunaat
- Nunangat
Translations
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut [Term?] or Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat), from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ+ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit+nonangat).
Proper noun
Inuit Nunangat ?
- Inuit Nunangat
- Le gouvernement du Canada et l’Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami s’engagent à éradiquer la tuberculose dans l’Inuit Nunangat d’ici 2030
- The Government of Canada and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami commit to eliminating tuberculosis across Inuit Nunangat by 2030[1]
Synonyms
- Nunangat
Related terms
- Inuit
- Inuit Nunaat
- Nunaat
- Nunangat
Inuktitut
Alternative forms
- ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat)
Etymology
Inuit (“the People, the Inuit people”) + nunangat (“the lands, the waters, the ices”)
Descendants
- English: Inuit Nunangat
- French: Inuit Nunangat
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