Nunavut
noun uk/ˈnʊn.ə.vuːt/ us/ˈnʊn.ə.vuːt/
努纳武特区（加拿大北部的一个行政区，其首府为伊卡卢伊特）
a territory (= a large area of a country that has some local government but less independence than a province or a state) of northern Canada, whose capital city is Iqaluit
Nunavut was carved out of the Northwest Territories in 1999, giving its Inuit residents a long-sought chance for self-government. 努纳武特区于1999年从西北地区分离出来，满足了因纽特居民多年寻求的自治愿望。
A report by the government of Nunavut, a Canadian territory with a majority Inuit population, argued that the ban on seal products was unfair. 努纳武特区是加拿大因纽特人占多数的地区，其政府的一份报告认为，对海豹产品的禁令是不公平的。
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- Nunavut Quest, an annual dog-sled race, began in 1999 to celebrate the birth of Nunavut, the new Canadian province belonging to the Inuit people.
- The crew will spend two weeks this summer on Devon Island above the Arctic Circle in Nunavut, Canada.
- The huge arctic territory of Nunavut is 730,000 square miles, bigger than Alaska and almost three times the size of Texas.