English Explanatory Dictionary

Nuvvuagittuq

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The area on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay that is the location of the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, possibly the oldest known terrestrial rock formation, between 3.75 and 4.3 billion years old, possibly bearing traces of early life.

Word forms

Nuvvuagittuq

Etymology

From Inuktitut (Nunatsiavummiutut dialect).

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