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Inuit   /ˈɪnut/   Listen
Inuit

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').  Synonyms: Eskimo, Esquimau.






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"Inuit" Quotes from Famous Books



... project in southern Africa, it is also the most costly and controversial; objections to the project include claims that it forces people from their homes, submerges farmlands, and squanders economic resources. Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC) - represents the 125,000 Inuits of Russia, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland in international environmental issues; a panel convenes every three years to determine the focus of the ICC; the most current concerns ...
— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... issues: protection of the arctic environment; preservation of the Inuit traditional way of life, including whaling ...
— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government



Words linked to "Inuit" :   Indian, Red Indian, American Indian, Esquimau, Eskimo



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