ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ
I-qa-lu-it
Iqaluit
Usage
The capital of Nunavut and the gateway to Baffin Island. The name means "many fish"
Grammar Note
A place name. "In Iqaluit" changes the ending, as in ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ
ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ
Kim-mi-rut
Kimmirut
Usage
A small community on the south coast of Baffin Island, formerly called Lake Harbour
Grammar Note
A place name. "Trail to Kimmirut" takes the form ᑭᒻᒥᕈᓯᐊᕆᐊᒧᑦ
ᑭᙵᐃᑦ
Ki-nnga-it
Kinngait (Cape Dorset)
Usage
A community on southwest Baffin Island, known for Inuit carving and printmaking
Grammar Note
A place name. The same spelling in lower case means "mountains", so context tells them apart
ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ
Ig-lu-lik
Igloolik
Usage
A community on an island in northern Foxe Basin, also known for its filmmaking
Grammar Note
A place name. The English spelling is Igloolik, while the Inuktitut Roman spelling is Iglulik
ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ
Ik-pi-ar-juk
Ikpiarjuk (Arctic Bay)
Usage
A community in northern Baffin Island, usually called by its English name, Arctic Bay
Grammar Note
A place name. The ending -juk means "big" and is common in Nunavut place names
ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᖅ
Pan-niq-tuuq
Pangnirtung
Usage
A community on Cumberland Sound on eastern Baffin Island, and one starting point for Auyuittuq National Park
Grammar Note
A place name. The English name is Pangnirtung. "Originally from Pangnirtung" changes the form, as in ᐸᓐᓂᑑᕐᒥᐅᔅᓴᔭᐅᔪᖓ (I am)
ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ
Mit-ti-ma-ta-lik
Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet)
Usage
A community on the north coast of Baffin Island, usually called Pond Inlet in English
Grammar Note
A place name. The ending -lik is a "place with" form
ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ
Ka-ngiq-tu-gaa-pik
Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde River)
Usage
A community on the east coast of Baffin Island, usually called Clyde River in English
Grammar Note
A place name. It shares a root with the word for an inlet or fiord, ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒃ
ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ
Qa-u-su-it-tuq
Qausuittuq (Resolute)
Usage
A high-Arctic community on Cornwallis Island, usually called Resolute in English
Grammar Note
A place name. The English name is Resolute Bay
ᐊᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ
A-u-su-it-tuq
Ausuittuq (Grise Fiord)
Usage
A community on southern Ellesmere Island, one of the northernmost in Canada, usually called Grise Fiord in English
Grammar Note
A place name. Its spelling is close to ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ (Resolute), so do not confuse the two
ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ
I-qa-luk-tuut-ti-aq
Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay)
Usage
The main community of western Nunavut, on Victoria Island, usually called Cambridge Bay in English
Grammar Note
A place name. It is a long name containing the word for fish, ᐃᖃᓗᒃ, so read it syllable by syllable
ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ
Ar-vi-at
Arviat
Usage
A community on the west coast of Hudson Bay, in Nunavut's Kivalliq region
Grammar Note
A place name. "Goes to Arviat" becomes a verb, as in ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓕᐊᖅᑐᖅ (he/she goes)
ᓴᓪᓖᑦ
Sal-liit
Salliit (Coral Harbour)
Usage
A community on Southampton Island in northern Hudson Bay, usually called Coral Harbour in English
Grammar Note
A place name. It ends in the long-vowel letter ᓖ (lii)
ᓇᐅᔮᑦ
Na-u-jaat
Naujaat (Repulse Bay)
Usage
A community on the northwest coast of Hudson Bay. The name means "seagulls", and it used to be called Repulse Bay
Grammar Note
A place name. It has the same form as the plural of ᓇᐅᔭᖅ, the seagull
ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ
Sa-ni-ki-lu-aq
Sanikiluaq
Usage
A community on the Belcher Islands in southern Hudson Bay, among the southernmost in Nunavut
Grammar Note
A place name. The Roman and English spellings are the same
ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ
Ta-lur-ju-aq
Talurjuaq (Taloyoak)
Usage
A community on the Boothia Peninsula, usually written Taloyoak in English
Grammar Note
A place name. The ending -juaq means "big"
ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ
Uq-suq-tuuq
Uqsuqtuuq (Gjoa Haven)
Usage
A community on King William Island, usually called Gjoa Haven in English
Grammar Note
A place name. It contains the word for oil or blubber, ᐅᖅᓱᖅ
ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ
Qur-luq-tuq
Qurluqtuq (Kugluktuk)
Usage
The westernmost community in Nunavut, spelled Kugluktuk in English
Grammar Note
A place name. The English spelling is Kugluktuk, so the Roman and English spellings differ
ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ
Kuu-gaar-juk
Kuugaarjuk (Kugaaruk)
Usage
A community on Pelly Bay, spelled Kugaaruk in English
Grammar Note
A place name. It derives from the word for river, ᑰᒃ
ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ
Qi-kiq-tar-ju-aq
Qikiqtarjuaq
Usage
A community on an island off the east coast of Baffin Island. The name means "big island"
Grammar Note
A place name. It is the word for island, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖅ, plus -juaq "big"
ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ
Ig-lu-li-gaar-juk
Igluligaarjuk (Chesterfield Inlet)
Usage
A community on the west coast of Hudson Bay, usually called Chesterfield Inlet in English
Grammar Note
A place name. It is a long name, so read it syllable by syllable
ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ
Sa-ni-ra-jak
Sanirajak (Hall Beach)
Usage
A community on Foxe Basin, formerly called Hall Beach
Grammar Note
A place name. Its root is close to the word for a side, ᓴᓂᕋᖅ
ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ
Ti-ki-rar-ju-aq
Tikirarjuaq (Whale Cove)
Usage
A small community on the west coast of Hudson Bay, usually called Whale Cove in English
Grammar Note
A place name. Its start resembles ᑎᑭᖅ, the index finger, but it is a different word
ᑲᓇᑕ
Ka-na-ta
Canada
Usage
The country, Canada. Nunavut is one of its territories
Grammar Note
A borrowed place name: English Canada written in syllabics
ᐋᑐᕚ
Aa-tu-vaa
Ottawa
Usage
Canada's capital. It comes up when talking about where you are from or heading
Grammar Note
A borrowed place name. "I'm from Ottawa" is ᐋᑐᕚᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᖓ
ᒥᕐᖑᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᒃ
Mir-ngu-iq-sir-vik
Park
Usage
Names a park. Also used for protected land such as a national park
Grammar Note
The ending -vik is the "place for" suffix common to words for places
ᕼᐋᑭᕐᕕᒃ
Haa-kir-vik
Hockey arena
Usage
The arena where hockey is played. In northern communities it is a central gathering place
Grammar Note
The borrowed word for hockey plus the place suffix -vik. The initial ᕼ is the letter for the h sound
ᑭᒍᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ
Ki-gun-ni-ar-vik
Dentist's office
Usage
Names the dentist's office. Use it to ask where to go when a tooth hurts
Grammar Note
The ending -vik means "place for". The root is close to the word for tooth, ᑭᒍᑎ
ᐃᖃᓗᒻᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᖓ.
I-qa-lum-mi-u-ta-u-ju-nga.
I'm from Iqaluit.
Usage
Tells where you are from. Swap Iqaluit for another place name to fit yourself
Grammar Note
A one-word sentence: the place name plus an "is of" part and the first-person ending -junga. The same pattern works with other place names
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