/ ˈɪnjuɪt; NAmE ; ˈɪnuɪt/ noun
[ pl. ] ( sing. Inuk / ˈɪnʊk; NAmE /) a race of people from northern Canada and parts of Greenland and Alaska. The name is sometimes also wrongly used to refer to people from Siberia and S and W Alaska.
—compare Eskimo
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WORD ORIGIN
Inuit , plural of inuk person.