1. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (‘eaters of raw flesh’) but they call themselves the Inuit (‘the people’)
   "Nunavut is the homeland of the Inuit people";
   - Eskimo, Esquimau, Innuit

Derived forms: Inuits

Type of: American Indian, Amerindian, Native American

Encyclopedia: Inuit