Keewatin

(kē wät′'n)

adjective

Geol. designating or of a series of Archean rocks that make up the Canadian Shield

region of Nunavut, Canada

Origin: coined < Cree kiiweetin, the north, north wind, lit., the wind that comes back < kiiwee-, come back + -tin, wind

See Keewatin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A district and administrative region of eastern Nunavut, Canada, including the eastern section of the mainland and various islands in Hudson Bay.

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