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    ESQUIMAU

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The language spoken by the Eskimoplay

    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')play

    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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