Inuk
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Inuk
from Inuktitut inuk man
Example Sentences
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Inuit in Canada also share a strong bond with Greenlandic Inuit – a bond underscored by Governor General Simon's own Inuk roots.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
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
The ancestral knowledge and spiritual power embedded in Inuit art survives — it is a mark of “cultural resilience,” said the Inuk art historian Heather Igloliorte.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 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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