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Meanings of Eskimo in anglès

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эскимосы
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Indigenous people from the circumpolar region.

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        esquimals
        portuguès
        inuit
        català
        esquimal

        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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              esquimal
              Sinònims
              Examples for "esquimaux"
              Examples for "esquimaux"
              1
              Peace, and cheerful countenances dwelt in the tents of the believing Esquimaux.
              Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ung...
              2
              The Esquimaux, in spite of their losses, were returning to the attack.
              Through the Air to the North Pole / Or, The Wonderful Cruise of ...
              3
              They have even been successfully utilised by the Moravians among the Esquimaux.
              By Canoe and Dog Train Among The Cree and Salteaux Indians
              4
              This bag comprehends the whole apparatus and furniture of an Esquimaux bed-room.
              Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ung...
              5
              I've been told that the Esquimaux are quite different in this respect.
              Ungava
              Usage of Eskimo in anglès
              1
              A look of grave perplexity rested on the visage of the Eskimo.
              Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew
              2
              His fist shot out and caught the Eskimo squarely in the mouth.
              The Golden Snare
              3
              My American Eskimo likes the backpack style by K9 Sport Sack best.
              NY Magazine
              4
              Pruden's one aim is to get ever Eskimo there into a house.
              The new yorker
              5
              Blake was not her father; the Eskimo woman was not her mother.
              Isobel : A Romance of the Northern Trail
              6
              From the far interior valleys came the echoed wolf-howling of Eskimo dogs.
              The Eternal Maiden
              7
              But I knew the Eskimo breed, having spent a summer in Labrador.
              Jacqueline of Golden River
              8
              The English only laughed and the indignant Eskimo went on their way.
              Impressions and Comments
              9
              At last the Eskimo rose and made his way toward the entrance.
              Triple Spies
              10
              The Eskimo now played the monster as an angler plays a trout.
              Fast in the Ice: Adventures in the Polar Regions
              11
              There were men grilling caribou sausages and Eskimo children holding miniature flags.
              The nobodies album
              12
              Falling on his knees, the Eskimo crept into the tunnel and disappeared.
              Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew
              13
              Blake snapped his whip and gave a short, angry command in Eskimo.
              The Golden Snare
              14
              The Eskimo smiled frankly, as he mopped the perspiration from his brow.
              The Blue Envelope
              15
              A half dozen Eskimo workers belonging to the camp hurry toward them.
              The thing from another world
              16
              That Eskimo returned the look even more pointedly and with deeper gravity.
              Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew
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