Inuit
pronunciation
How to pronounce Inuit in British English:
UK [ˈɪnjuɪt]
How to pronounce Inuit in American English:
US [ˈɪnjuɪt]
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- Noun:
- 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')
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Yet it was the inuit success stories that most grabbed delegates .
- 2. Many fear for arctic cultures-a canadian inuit argues despairingly for her " right to be cold " .
- 3. Inuit hunters are finding the sea ice too thin to bear their sleds .
- 4. In half an hour , this traditional inuit fish dish is cooked .
- 5. Greenland 's inuit , who make up around 85 % of the island 's population , are doing even better .