Innuit
Americannoun
plural
Innuits,plural
Innuitnoun
Example Sentences
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In my seventy-two years on earth I had never met an Innuit and never imagined that I would.
From Literature
What struck me so forcefully was how small the planet had become during my decades in prison; it was amazing to me that a teenaged Innuit living at the roof of the world could watch the release of a political prisoner on the southern tip of Africa.
From Literature
This indifference gives way when we learn what manner of people these are whom we call Esquimaux, a word which signifies "eaters of raw food," but who call themselves Innuit, or "the people," and explain their own origin by a story which is a pleasing testimony to the common possession of self-conceit by all nations.
From Project Gutenberg
The Innuit are, on the whole, a gentle people, driven by the relentless need and severity of their lives into close and peaceful companionship.
From Project Gutenberg
From the seal they have learned to make the igloo, which is the house of the Innuit.
From Project Gutenberg
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