A territory of northern Canada, created in 1999 as an Inuit territory from a part of Northwest Territories; capital, Iqaluit.
Origin
Inuit, literally 'our land'.
Definition of Nunavut in US English:
Nunavut
proper nounˈno͞onə-
A territory in northern Canada that includes the eastern part of the original Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago; capital Iqaluit. It is the homeland of the Inuit people.