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ESQUIMAU

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The language spoken by the Eskimo

Synonyms:

Eskimo; Esquimau

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Esquimau" is a kind of...):

Eskimo-Aleut; Eskimo-Aleut language (the family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut)

Sense 2

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')

Synonyms:

Eskimo; Esquimau; Inuit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Esquimau" is a kind of...):

Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)

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