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NUNAVUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago
Example:
Nunavut is the homeland of the Inuit people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)
Holonyms ("Nunavut" is a part of...):
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)
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