Inuit

/ˈɪnjuːɪt/

Inuit

English Noun Top 33,234

Definition

A member of any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.

Etymology

First attested 1755–65. From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”), singular ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”), from Proto-Inuit *inuɣ.