Nunavut

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A territory in northern Canada. Capital: Iqaluit.
    — All of the houses in Nunavut must be built on stilts because the permafrost makes it impossible to sink foundations.

词源

From Inuktitut nunavut (“our land”)/ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (nonafot). Compare Greenlandic nunarput (“our country, Greenland”), Inuvialuktun nunakput (“our land”), and Alutiiq nunapet (“our land”)
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