Ungava

[ uhng-gey-vuh, -gah- ]

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noun

a region in NE Canada, comprising the larger part of the peninsula of Labrador: incorporated into Quebec province 1912.

Ungava

/ -ˈɡɑː-; ʊŋˈɡeɪvə /

a sparsely inhabited region of NE Canada, in N Quebec east of Hudson Bay, part of the Labrador peninsula: rich mineral resources. Area: 911 110 sq km (351 780 sq miles)

Bivouacking in this manner was more or less of an ordinary circumstance in Ungava Bob's life.

Into empty Ungava and almost equally empty Labrador the hardier ones pushed, armed like their forebears with only ax and shotgun.

"But th' Lard took me safe t' Ungava, an' He must be watchin' me," he exclaimed after further thought.

The shower of rock is somewhat reminiscent of Ungava's meteor spray or splintered debris forced down a soldier's foxhole.

The soil of Ungava consists principally of decayed lichens, which form a substance resembling the peat moss of the Scottish moors.

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