Okak

English

Etymology

Derived from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut oĸaĸ (“tongue”). The settlement was named after Okak Bay, which is shaped roughly like a tongue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.kɑk/
  • Hyphenation: Okak
  • Rhymes: -əʊkɑk

Proper noun

Okak

  1. A ghost town in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador. [From 1776]

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