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kabloona
[ kab-loo-nuh ]
noun
, Canadian chiefly Arctic.
- a white man; a European.
Kabloona
/ kəˈbluːnə /
noun
- (in Canada) a person who is not of Inuit ancestry, esp a White person
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kabloona1
1765–75; < Inuit qablunaaq, probably derivative of qava the South; association with qablu “eyebrow” has given rise to the spurious translation “person with big eyebrows”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kabloona1
from Inuktitut
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Example Sentences
He put it into my hands to repair, taking it for granted that a Kabloona would succeed much better than himself.
From Project Gutenberg
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