ESKIMO


Meaning of ESKIMO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈes-kə-ˌmō ]

noun

Etymology: obsolete Esquimawe, probably from Spanish esquimao, from Montagnais (Algonquian language of eastern Canada) aiachkime8 Micmac, Eskimo; probably akin to modern Montagnais assime·w she laces a snowshoe, Ojibwa aškime·

Date: 1584

1. plural Eskimo or Eskimos : a member of a group of peoples of northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska, and eastern Siberia

2. : any of the languages of the Eskimo peoples

• Es·ki·mo·an ˌes-kə-ˈmō-ən adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.