Dubawnt

[doo-bawnt]

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noun

a river in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada, flowing NE to Baker Lake. 580 miles (933 km) long.

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Dubawnt (properly To' bon') is a Chipewyan word meaning "water-along-the-shore."
A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772
Samuel Hearne