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Gjoa Haven
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English
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Alternative forms
en Gjøa Haven Gjöa Haven Gjoahaven Gjøahaven Gjöahaven Gjoahavn Gjøahavn Gjöahavn
Etymology
From en no Gjøahavn.
From no Gjøa+no havn en harbour.
From en Gjøa, a sailing sloop used by en Roald Amundsen. From en non Gyða, a contraction of non Guðfríðr, from non guð god+non fríðr beautiful.
Coined by Roald Amundsen's expedition.
Proper noun
A placename
en hamlet r/King William Island co/Kitikmeot Region p/Nunavut c/Canada.
en bay r/King William Island co/Kitikmeot Region p/Nunavut c/Canada.
en electoral district co/Kitikmeot Region p/Nunavut c/Canada.
A dialect of en Inuktitut
Synonyms
hamlet en Uqsuqtuuq
electoral district en Uqsuqtuuq
bay en Gjoa Bay, en Gjoa Harbour
dialect en Gjoa Haven dialect, en Utkuhiksalik, en Utkuhikhalik, en Utkuhikhaliq, en Utkuhiksalingmiutitut, en Utkuhiksalingmiutut, en Utkuhiksalingmiut Inuktitut, en Utku
Hypernyms
hamlet en Kitikmeot Region, en Nunavut, en Canada
bay en King William Island, en Canadian Arctic Archipelago, en North America
dialect en Natsilingmiutut, en Inuvialuktun, en Inuktitut
Translations
hamlet
Inuktitut: iu Uqsuqtuuq, iu ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ
Norwegian: no Gjøahavn
bay
Norwegian: no Gjøahavn
electoral district
Inuktitut: iu Uqsuqtuuq, iu ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ
See also
hamlet en Gjoa Haven, Nunavut
dialect en Gjoa Haven dialect