Nunatsiavut
/nuːˈnæt.si.ə.vuːt/noun
Nunatsiavut is an autonomous Inuit region in Labrador, Canada, established in 2005.
Did you know?The name was chosen by Labrador Inuit and became official when the Nunatsiavut Government was established through the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement in 2005.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Eskimo-Aleut
Proto-Eskimo-Aleut
*nuna
“Land or inhabited territory; the reconstructed ancestor of the Inuit word for land.”
Early Inuit languages
Inuit
nuna
“Land, country, or territory.”
Modern Inuktitut
Inuktitut
nunatsiaq
“Beautiful land or beautiful country, formed from nuna, “land,” and tsiaq, “beautiful.””
Modern Inuktitut
Inuktitut
nunatsiavut
“Our beautiful land; the ending -vut expresses “our.””
2005
English/Inuktitut
Nunatsiavut
“Official name adopted for the Inuit self-government region of Labrador.”