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ESQUIMAU
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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:
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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