Greenland is politically and culturally associated with Europe but the majority of its residents are Inuit, whose ancestors began migrating from the Canadian mainland in the 13th century.
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Inuit
//ˈɪnjuːɪt//
Synonyms for "inuit" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
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1 entriesSynonyms
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
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2 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
6 entriesform of
1 entriesholonym
11 entriesis a
2 entriesmeronym
12 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 17 languages.
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 因紐特語 /因纽特语 name (the language)
- 因紐特人 /因纽特人 noun (the people)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 因紐特語 /因纽特语 name (the language)
- 因紐特人 /因纽特人 noun (the people)
Czech
4 entries- inuitský adj (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture)
- inuitština name (the language)
- inuita noun (the people)
- inuité noun (the people)
Danish
2 entries- inuitisk adj (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture)
- inuit noun (the people)
Esperanto
1 entries- inuitoj noun (the people)
Finnish
2 entries- inuitti name (the language)
- inuitti noun (the people)
French
2 entries- inuit adj (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture)
- Inuit noun (the people)
Hindi
3 entries- इनुइत adj (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture)
- इनुइत name (the language)
- इनुइत noun (the people)
Icelandic
3 entries- inúískur adj (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture)
- Inúíti noun (the people)
- Inúíti noun (the people)
Inuktitut
2 entries- Inuktitut name (the language)
- inuit noun (the people)
Inupiaq
3 entries- Iñupiaq name (the language)
- Iñupiatun name (the language)
- Iñuit noun (the people)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- inuittisk adj (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture)
- inuittisk name (the language)
- inuitt noun (the people)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- inuittisk adj (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture)
- inuittisk name (the language)
- inuitt noun (the people)
Polish
4 entries- inuicki adj (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture)
- inuicki name (the language)
- Inuita noun (the people)
- Inuitka noun (the people)
Portuguese
3 entries- inuíte adj (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture)
- inuíte name (the language)
- inuítes noun (the people)
Russian
4 entries- инуи́тский adj (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture)
- инуи́тский язы́к name (the language)
- инуи́т noun (the people)
- инуи́тка noun (the people)
Ukrainian
4 entries- інуї́тський adj (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture)
- інуї́тська name (the language)
- інуї́тська мо́ва name (the language)
- інуї́т noun (the people)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The traditional Inuit anorak has built-in space for baby at the back.
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Dan is interested in Inuit people.
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Many Inuit in the Arctic have turned to Protestantism, away from their traditional Animistic belief system.
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