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单词 kabloonat
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kabloonatn.

Brit. /kəˈbluːnᵻt/, U.S. /kəˈblunɪt/, Canadian English /kəˈbluːnət/
Forms: 1700s– kablunæt, 1700s– kablunet, 1800s– kablunat, 1900s– kablonat, 1900s– kabloonait, 1900s– kabloonat, 1900s– kabloonet, 1900s– kablunait. Also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Eastern Canadian Inuit. Etymon: Eastern Canadian Inuit qallunaat.
Etymology: Partly < an early precursor of Eastern Canadian Inuit qallunaat Qallunaat n., plural of qallunaaq Qallunaaq adj., and partly < its early Greenlandic Inuit cognate (see kabloona n.). Compare kabloona n.
With reference to peoples in Canada and Greenland.
With plural agreement. Non-Inuit people (esp. of European descent), considered collectively; = Qallunaat n. Also occasionally as a count noun: = Qallunaaq adj. Cf. kabloona n.
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1745 tr. H. Egede Descr. Greenland ii. 13 Whilst the Kablunæt dwelled there, one of the Innuits..came rowing along the Shore.
1833 Moravians in Labrador 65 When he spoke to them of eternal damnation, they supposed it was only the Kablunat that were sent to hell.
1873 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 2 297 Are there any great gods believed in?.. And, if so, did they hear of him from the Kablunat (white man) or know him before?
1913 V. Stefansson My Life with Eskimo (1922) 173 We didn't know..what sort of complexion the kablunat have.
1986 J. D. Hamilton Bob Friday's Other Eye 26 Some kabloonat and a few Inuit do build outside doghouses, but they are in the minority.
1992 J. Steffler Afterlife George Cartwright ix. 193 ‘Silly kablunet,’ she whispered.
2001 Edmonton (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 24 Dec. a31 That is how the kabloonat gained control over the Arctic... They were welcomed by the Inuit and just ‘took over’ the land.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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