proper noun

Arviat

/aʁ.vi.at/

proper noun/aʁ.vi.at/

Arviat: a hamlet in Kivalliq, Nunavut, Canada

From Inuktitut ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ (arfiat) / Arviat, from ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ / arviat (“place of the bowhead whale”), from ᐊᕐᕕᒃ / arvik (“bowhead whale”).