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NUNAVOISE [2 records]

Record 1 2023-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
DEF

A native or long-term resident of Nunavut.

OBS

Plural forms: Nunavummiut; Nunavuteers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
DEF

Personne née dans Nunavut ou qui y habite.

OBS

Formes plurielles : Nunavummiut; Nunavois; Nunavoises.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
DEF

Coming from or having to do with Nunavut or its people.

OBS

In English, the noun and the adjective have the same spelling, though the adjective never takes the form of the plural.

PHR

Nunavut art, communities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
DEF

Qui provient du territoire du Nunavut, le concerne ou lui est propre, ou l'est aux habitants de ce territoire.

OBS

nunavois, nunavoises : formes plurielles.

OBS

Dans un nom de peuple, ne pas confondre le substantif, nom de personne, qui demande la majuscule initiale, et l'adjectif, un qualifiant, qui appelle la minuscule.

Spanish

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