Inuit

Meaning

Noun

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

Name

Inuktitut, the Inuit language.

Adj

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

Inuk

A member of one of the several indigenous peoples from the Arctic who descended from the Thule.

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Synonyms

Eskimo

Esquimau

Inuktitut

Alaska

Fairbanks

Eskimo-Aleut

Translations

inuíte

Inuit

Inuit

Inuit

إنويت

Eskimo

inuítes

Eskimo

Alaska

Alaska

Esquimau

AK

Eskimos

Inuits

esquimal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪnjuːɪt/

Etymology

First attested 1755–65. From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”), singular ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”), from Proto-Inuit *inuɣ.