- a variation of Inuit.
Innuit
Americannoun
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Innuits,
plural
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Innuit
plural
noun
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In my seventy-two years on earth I had never met an Innuit and never imagined that I would.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Mr. Hall was left alone with his Innuit friends.
From North-Pole Voyages by Zachariah Atwell Mudge
“The Innuit have big understandings,” said Simek, with a bland smile, describing a great circle with his outspread arms; “do not fear to try them.”
From Red Rooney The Last of the Crew by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
On one I will drive Nunaga away to the far-south, where the Innuit who have much iron dwell.
From Red Rooney The Last of the Crew by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
We agree with the Innuit who live on the east coast opposite us.
From The Moravians in Labrador by Anonymous
Standing out in the cold talking with the young Innuits had given me a chill.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
I've been told to-day that, whether in Alaska, Greenland, or British America, they call themselves Innuits, which means human beings.
From The Magnetic North by Elizabeth Robins
Of these, two main subgroups are distinguished, namely, Innuits and Aleuts or Aleutians.
From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell
My friends, the Innuits are a great people.
From Red Rooney The Last of the Crew by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
The people term themselves, and should in common courtesy be termed, the Innuits, which means simply "Our Folks."
From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by John Rouse Larus
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