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inuit

noun · adjective

Simple meaning

A member of any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska.

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inoot

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ˈɪnut

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Definition

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noun

  1. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')

  2. A member of any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture.

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