Nunavut

American  

[noo-nuh-voot, noo-nuh-voot] / ˌnu nəˈvut, ˈnu nəˌvut /

noun

1. a territory in N Canada, formed in 1999 from part of the Northwest Territories, extending E from the Northwest Territories to Hudson Bay and including most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. 808,181 sq. mi. (2,093, 190 sq. km) Iqaluit.

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Nunavut British  

/ ˈnuːnəˌvuːt /

noun

1. a territory of NW Canada, formed in 1999 from part of the Northwest Territories as a semi-autonomous region for the Inuit; includes Baffin Island and Ellesmere Island. Capital: Iqaluit. Pop: 29 644 (2004 est). Area: 2 093 190 sq km (808 185 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

The remarkably well-preserved fossil skeleton was uncovered in ancient lakebed sediments at Haughton Crater on Devon Island in Nunavut.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Idlout was first elected as an MP from the Canadian terriotry of Nunavut in 2021.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Each province and territory in Canada saw a fall in temporary residents, excluding Nunavut in the far north where the number rose an estimated 10 people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

This park, and all of Nunavut, is Inuit Nunangat -- Inuit homeland in Canada -- and the park protects sites and biodiversity stewarded by Inuit since time immemorial.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024

The Cree now mostly lived south of Churchill, while the Inuit lived more in the north up in Nunavut, where the polar bears spent most of the winter.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz