kabloona

[ kab-loo-nuh ]

noun

, Canadian chiefly Arctic.

1. a white man; a European.

Kabloona

/ kəˈbluːnə /

noun

1. (in Canada) a person who is not of Inuit ancestry, esp a White person

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”

Word History and Origins

Origin of kabloona¹

from Inuktitut

Example Sentences

He put it into my hands to repair, taking it for granted that a Kabloona would succeed much better than himself.

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