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Kee·wa·tin (kē wät′'n)

adjective

Geol. designating or of a series of Archean rocks that make up the Canadian Shield
Keewatin2 definition

Kee·wa·tin (kē wät′'n)

region of Nunavut, Canada

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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