"Gjoa Haven" meaning in English

See Gjoa Haven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|no|Gjøahavn}} Norwegian Gjøahavn, {{der|en|non|Gyða}} Old Norse Gyða Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} Gjoa Haven
  1. A placename
    A hamlet in King William Island, Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada
    Categories (place): Places in Canada, Villages in Canada Synonyms (hamlet): Uqsuqtuuq Hypernyms (hamlet): Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada Translations (hamlet): Uqsuqtuuq (Inuktitut), ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ (oqsoqtooq) (Inuktitut), Gjøahavn (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-Gjoa_Haven-en-name-MJGXdMML Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Norwegian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 48 5 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 48 5 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 47 5 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 48 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 46 46 7 1 Disambiguation of 'hamlet': 88 7 6 0 Disambiguation of 'hamlet': 88 7 6 0 Disambiguation of 'hamlet': 88 7 6 0
  2. A placename
    A bay of King William Island, Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada
    Categories (place): Bays, Places in Canada Synonyms (bay): Gjoa Bay, Gjoa Harbour Hypernyms (bay): King William Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, North America Translations (bay): Gjøahavn (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-Gjoa_Haven-en-name-V7jF~rhX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Norwegian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 48 5 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 48 5 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 47 5 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 48 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 46 46 7 1 Disambiguation of 'bay': 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'bay': 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'bay': 0 100 0 0
  3. A placename
    An electoral district in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada
    Categories (place): Places in Canada Synonyms (electoral district): Uqsuqtuuq Translations (electoral district): Uqsuqtuuq (Inuktitut), ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ (oqsoqtooq) (Inuktitut)
    Sense id: en-Gjoa_Haven-en-name-zF2seZuR Disambiguation of 'electoral district': 16 15 69 0 Disambiguation of 'electoral district': 16 15 69 0
  4. A dialect of Inuktitut
    Sense id: en-Gjoa_Haven-en-name-jJsHtpQ7 Categories (other): Terms with Inuktitut translations Disambiguation of Terms with Inuktitut translations: 29 29 3 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: Natsilingmiutut [dialectal], Inuvialuktun [dialectal], Inuktitut [dialectal]
Synonyms: Gjoa Haven dialect [dialectal], Utkuhiksalik [dialectal], Utkuhikhalik [dialectal], Utkuhikhaliq [dialectal], Utkuhiksalingmiutitut [dialectal], Utkuhiksalingmiutut [dialectal], Utkuhiksalingmiut Inuktitut [dialectal], Utku [dialectal], Gjøa Haven, Gjöa Haven, Gjoahaven, Gjøahaven, Gjöahaven, Gjoahavn, Gjøahavn, Gjöahavn
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    "en:Roald Amundsen"
  ],
  "word": "Gjoa Haven"
}

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