| NOUN | person | Esquimau, Eskimo, Inuit | a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia) |
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| communication | Esquimau, Eskimo | the language spoken by the Eskimo |
| Meaning | 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'). | |
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| Synonyms | Eskimo, Inuit | |
| Broader | Amerindian, Native American | Any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived |
| Spanish | esquimal, inuit, Inuit | |
| Catalan | esquimal, inuit, Inuit | |
| Meaning | The language spoken by the Eskimo. | |
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| Synonym | Eskimo | |
| Broader | Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language | The family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut |
| Spanish | esquimal | |
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