Nauja
Greenlandic and Inuktitut for "seagull".
Meaning and origin
Nauja is the word for the seagull shared by Greenlandic and Inuktitut, taken straight into use as a girl's name across the Inuit-speaking Arctic, from Greenland to northern Canada.
How to pronounce Nauja
| English (US) | NOW-yah /ˈnaʊjɑː/ |
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