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gjoa haven

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gjoa haven
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A placename

name

A placename

name

A placename

name

A dialect of Inuktitut

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Gjøahavn, Gyða

Inflected Forms

Gjøa Haven (alternative) Gjöa Haven (alternative) Gjoahaven (alternative) Gjøahaven (alternative) Gjöahaven (alternative) Gjoahavn (alternative) Gjøahavn (alternative) Gjöahavn (alternative)

Synonyms

Uqsuqtuuq Gjoa Bay Gjoa Harbour Gjoa Haven dialect Utkuhiksalik Utkuhikhalik Utkuhikhaliq Utkuhiksalingmiutitut Utkuhiksalingmiutut Utkuhiksalingmiut Inuktitut Utku

Questions

What does gjoa haven mean?
A placename
Where does gjoa haven come from?
It is traced to Norwegian.

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