Keewatin

[ kee-weyt-n ]

noun

1. a district in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 228,160 sq. mi. (590,935 sq. km).
2. Geology. a division of the Archeozoic rocks found in the Canadian Shield.

Keewatin

/ kiːˈweɪtɪn /

noun

1. a former administrative district of the Northwest Territories of Canada stretching from the district of Mackenzie to Hudson Bay; became part of Nunavut in 1999: mostly tundra

Example Sentences

The impression which his mode of travelling conveyed was that of flight; but from whom and whither can a man flee in Keewatin?

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One would have supposed that with the breadth of a continent between us, you in Keewatin, I in Yukon, we need never have met.

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This diet becomes pretty monotonous, but is the traveller's universal fare in Keewatin.

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For this season of the year in Keewatin the night was mild; there was a damp rawness, but scarcely any frost in the air.

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The women of Keewatin accept it as their fate that they are born to be subservient to men—to be their burden-bearers.

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