Example sentences for: nunavut

How can you use “nunavut” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Canada welcomed a new territory April 1 as Nunavut was carved from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.

  • We’ve divided the country into six regions, each with at least one major town accessible by air as a “launching pad” from which to explore the hinterland: Ontario; Québec; the Atlantic (Newfoundland and the Maritimes); British Columbia; the Rockies and the Prairie Provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba); and the North (Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories).

  • The success of Nunavut has led other native groups to settle claims with the Canadian government.

  • They succeeded in having the eastern section of the Northwest Territories officially renamed Nunavut — “Our Land” — and in 1999, Nunavut became the 11th province of Canada.

  • "Nunavut will be misgoverned not because the people in charge are Inuit, but because the territory has adopted the same system of governance as Boss Tweed's New York [or] Marion Barry's Washington, D.C. ...


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