Keewatin

[ kee-weyt-n ]

/ kiˈweɪt n /

noun

a district in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 228,160 sq. mi. (590,935 sq. km).

Geology. a division of the Archeozoic rocks found in the Canadian Shield.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for keewatin

Its true worth to him had been that it had converted him from a Londoner in Keewatin into a man of the Northland.
Murder Point|Coningsby Dawson
The last important one was made in 1877, and consisted of a pilgrimage through Manitoba and part of the District of Keewatin.
The Canadian Portrait Gallery Volume 3|John Charles Dent
Some of these antlers appear longer than any I saw in Keewatin.
The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin|Francis Harper
I would sledge the width of Keewatin for half a day with you.
The Wilderness Trail|Frank Williams

This patrol involved much hardship and danger, but it stabilized conditions in that remote Keewatin area.
Policing the Plains|R.G. MacBeth

British Dictionary definitions for keewatin

Keewatin

/ (kiːˈweɪtɪn) /

noun

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012