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Eskimo

 
 
/ˈeskɪməʊ/ noun [C, U] (plural Eskimos, Eskimo) old-fashioned

Translation

another word for Inuit (= a group of people who live in the cold, northern areas of North America, Russia, and Greenland, or a member of this group)
Eskimo
an Eskimo village667
(Definition of Eskimo noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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