Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Inukjuak (Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᒃᔪᐊᒃ) (Inuktitut for The Giant) is a northern village (Inuit community) located on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Innuksuak River in Nunavik, in the Nord-du-Québec region of northern Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,597 as of the Canada 2011 Census. An older spelling is Inoucdjouac; its former name was Port Harrison.It is not accessible by road, but by boat in summer and year-round by air through Inukjuak Airport.\"The Giant\" is the literal translation of the word Inukjuak, but originally it was Inurjuat, which means \"many people\". In the past there was an Inuk (singular for the word Inuit) who went down to the river of Inukjuak to fetch some water. While there, the person saw many Inuit in kayaks approaching from the mouth of the river, and then yelled back out to the community \"Inurjuat! Inurjuat!\". That is where the name for the community comes from."@en }
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- Inukjuak abstract "Inukjuak (Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᒃᔪᐊᒃ) (Inuktitut for The Giant) is a northern village (Inuit community) located on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Innuksuak River in Nunavik, in the Nord-du-Québec region of northern Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,597 as of the Canada 2011 Census. An older spelling is Inoucdjouac; its former name was Port Harrison.It is not accessible by road, but by boat in summer and year-round by air through Inukjuak Airport.\"The Giant\" is the literal translation of the word Inukjuak, but originally it was Inurjuat, which means \"many people\". In the past there was an Inuk (singular for the word Inuit) who went down to the river of Inukjuak to fetch some water. While there, the person saw many Inuit in kayaks approaching from the mouth of the river, and then yelled back out to the community \"Inurjuat! Inurjuat!\". That is where the name for the community comes from.".