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Inuk

British  
/ ɪˈnʊk /

noun

  1. a member of any Inuit people

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Inuk

from Inuktitut inuk man

Example Sentences

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“Everyone is very excited about how it's going to be,” says Maren-Louise Paulsen Kristensen, co-owner and manager of Inuk Hostel.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2024

Inuuteq Storch, the first Greenlandic and Inuk artist to represent Denmark at the international art festival, will erect a sign reading “Kalaallit Nunaat,” or “Greenland” above the pavilion’s entrance.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2024

I knew this young Inuk woman would convey more compellingly than I how climate change was affecting her community—their land, the ice, culture, food, health, safety—and how it is threatening that community’s very existence.

From Scientific American • Nov. 8, 2022

Francis was flying to Edmonton, Alberta, where he was to be greeted on the tarmac by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mary May Simon, an Inuk who is Canada’s first Indigenous governor general.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2022

On Tuesday, Mary Simon, an Inuk woman, became the first indigenous person to be appointed Canada's governor general.

From Reuters • Jul. 9, 2021

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