/ ˈeskɪməʊ; NAmE -moʊ/ noun
( pl. Es·kimo or Es·kimos ) (sometimes offensive ) a member of a race of people from northern Canada, and parts of Alaska, Greenland and Siberia. Some of these people prefer to use the name Inuit.
—compare Inuit
For more information see the Cultural Guide
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WORD ORIGIN
an Algonquian word, perhaps in the sense people speaking a different language .