1. An Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago
   "Nunavut is the homeland of the Inuit people"

Type of: district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory

Part of: Canada, Great White North [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Nunavut, Canada