Es·ki·mo
 Eskimo
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word History
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noun |
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Eskimo, Eskimos |
| definition 1: |
(sometimes considered offensive) a member of any of the native peoples of northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and northeastern Siberia; Inuit.
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one of the two major languages of these people.
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Eskimo is a Danish form of an Algonquin Indian name for these northern American tribes.
Inuit, which is the Eskimo people's name for themselves, means "men."