Keewatin Region

Keewatin Region

Keewatin Region may refer to:

* "Keewatin Region, Nunavut", a census division of Nunavut, and as the Kivalliq Region an administrative region
* Keewatin Region, Northwest Territories, a region of the Northwest Territories until 1999, with similar but non-coterminal boundaries to the above.


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  • Keewatin — Keewatin1 [kē wät′ n] adj. Geol. designating or of a series of Archean rocks that make up the Canadian Shield Keewatin2 [kē wät′ n] [coined < Cree kiiweetin, the north, north wind, lit., the wind that comes back < kiiwee , come back + tin,… …   English World dictionary

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  • Keewatin — /kee wayt n/, n. 1. a district in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 228,160 sq. mi. (590,935 sq. km). 2. Geol. a division of the Archeozoic rocks found in the Canadian Shield. * * * ▪ region, Canada       region, southwestern Nunavut… …   Universalium

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