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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024In•u•it (in′o̅o̅ it, -yo̅o̅-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -its, (esp. collectively) -it for 1.- Language Varietiesa member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- Language Varietiesthe language of the Inuit, a member of the Eskimo-Aleut family comprising a variety of dialects.
Also, Innuit. Also called Inupik. - Inuit: people, plural of inuk person
- 1755–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Inuit, Innuit /ˈɪnjuːɪt/ n ( pl -it, -its)- any of several Native peoples of N America or Greenland, as distinguished from those from Asia or the Aleutian Islands (who are still generally referred to as Eskimos); the preferred term for Eskimo in N America
- the language of these peoples; Inuktitut
Etymology: from Inuktitut inuit the people, pl of inuk a man |