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(noun) the language spoken by the Eskimo people

Synonyms: Esquimau

Related Words: Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language

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(noun) a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (N Canada or Greenland or Alaska or E Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')

Synonyms: Esquimau, Inuit

Related Words: American Indian, Indian, North American Indian, Red Indian