Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A territory of northern Canada including part of the mainland west of Hudson Bay and most of the Arctic Archipelago. Primarily inhabited and controlled by the Inuit, it was formed from the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories in 1999. Iqaluit is the capital.
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- proper noun
Territory innorthern Canada which hasIqaluit as itscapital .
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- noun 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
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Examples
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IQALUIT, NUNAVUT -- (Marketwire - Feb. 8, 2010) - Residents of Nunavut will benefit from major energy infrastructure upgrades as part of Canada's Economic Action Plan.
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IQALUIT, NUNAVUT -- (Marketwire - Feb. 8, 2010) - Residents of Nunavut will benefit from major energy infrastructure upgrades as part of Canada's Economic Action Plan.
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Voters in Nunavut's Akulliq constituency will have to go to the polls again to pick their MLA, after a recount of ballots from a byelection last month showed a tie for first place.
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Perhaps we could learn something from the so-called "consensus government" model in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
Frogs in a pot 2010
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I was expecting nothing but sun-parched land; to see that dark, murky gloom extending high into the sky made me think of the approach of Arctic blizzards while I lived in Nunavut, and their inevitable zero-visibility whiteouts.
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When the unviable character of Nunavut is recognized, the only sensible policy in the long run appears to be gradual depopulation.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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The comparison with Nunavut is frankly shattering.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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Nunavut is a land struggling to be born, rife with social problems arising from what was in effect imposed and poorly planned sedentarization in the 1950s and early 1960s, with chronic unemployment (28% for Inuit), a suicide rate 9 times the national average, a housing crisis and a dysfunctional educational system.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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Perhaps we could learn something from the so-called "consensus government" model in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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Nunavut is in the news these days, as our Prime Minister takes his royal tour, and the commentary is flowing.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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