| the capital of Nunavut, Canada, in SE Baffin Island. 5200. |
| a territory in N Canada, formed in 1999 from part of the Northwest Territories, extending E from the Northwest Territories to Hudson Bay and including most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. 30,000; 808,181 sq. mi. (2,093, 190 sq. km) Capital: Iqaluit. |
I·qal·u·it  (ĭ-kāl'ōō-ĭt, ē-kä'lōō-ēt) The capital and largest community of Nunavut, Canada, on Baffin Island at the head of Frobisher Bay. The site of an airbase built by the United States in World War II, it became the capital of Nunavut in 2001. Population: 6,180. |
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