Gjoa Haven

English

Alternative forms

• Gjøa Haven, Gjöa Haven, Gjoahaven, Gjøahaven, Gjöahaven, Gjoahavn, Gjøahavn, Gjöahavn

Etymology

From Norwegian Gjøahavn. From Gjøa+havn (“harbour”). From Gjøa, a sailing sloop used by Roald Amundsen. From Old Norse Gyða, a contraction of Guðfríðr, from guð (“god”)+fríðr (“beautiful”). Coined by Roald Amundsen's expedition.

Proper noun

Gjoa Haven

1. A placename
   1. A hamlet in King William Island, Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada
   2. A bay of King William Island, Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada
   3. An electoral district in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada
2. A dialect of Inuktitut

Synonyms

• (hamlet): Uqsuqtuuq
• (electoral district): Uqsuqtuuq
• (bay): Gjoa Bay, Gjoa Harbour
• (dialect): Gjoa Haven dialect, Utkuhiksalik, Utkuhikhalik, Utkuhikhaliq, Utkuhiksalingmiutitut, Utkuhiksalingmiutut, Utkuhiksalingmiut Inuktitut, Utku

Hypernyms

• (hamlet): Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada
• (bay): King William Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, North America
• (dialect): Natsilingmiutut, Inuvialuktun, Inuktitut

Translations

hamlet

• Inuktitut: Uqsuqtuuq, ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ (oqsoqtooq)
• Norwegian: Gjøahavn

bay

• Norwegian: Gjøahavn

electoral district

• Inuktitut: Uqsuqtuuq, ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ (oqsoqtooq)

See also

• (hamlet): Gjoa Haven, Nunavut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (dialect): Gjoa Haven dialect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia