Eskimo

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In this Avalancher puzzle flash game, you must choose a safe spot for an Eskimo, then build a protective igloo around the Eskimo, then unleash avalanche boulders and see if the Eskimo is able to survive the avalanche.

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  1. noun A group of peoples inhabiting the Arctic coastal regions of North America and parts of Greenland and northeast Siberia.
  2. noun A member of any of these peoples. See Usage Note at Native American.
  3. noun Any of the languages of the Eskimo peoples.
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  • I said the Eskimo was a mummy, an archaeological specimen I was bringing in from Africa. —  070 - The Devil Genghis
  • Does that mean the Left and others railing against Palin are sexist and anti-Eskimo (her husband is part Eskimo)? —  National Review Online
  • In this Avalancher puzzle flash game, you must choose a safe spot for an Eskimo, then build a protective igloo around the Eskimo, then unleash avalanche boulders and see if the Eskimo is able to survive the avalanche. —  Planet Malaysia
  • In Alaska the term Eskimo is commonly used, because it includes both Yupik and Inupiat, while Inuit is not accepted as a collective term or even specifically used for Inupiat (which technically is Inuit). —  WordPress.com News
  • Seeka Lee Veevee Parsons, 21, an Inuit from Canada's Nunavut Territory, told the Taranaki Daily News that the word Eskimo, used by confectionery manufacturer Cadbury / Pascall in its popular lolly mix, was unacceptable because it had negative racial connotations. —  Taipei Times
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  1. French Esquimaux, possibly from Spanish esquimao, esquimal, from Montagnais ayashkimew, Micmac.

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  1. Pl. properly Eskimos, but also like singular, in imitation of the F. plural Esquimaux, pron. es-kẹ̄-mō′; from Danish Eskimo, plural Eskimoer; German Esquimo, sing, and plural, based, like the obsolescent English Esquimaux, plural (later singular Esquimau), on F. Esquimaux, plural, later Spanish Portuguese Esquimales, etc. The name was orig. applied by the Indians of Labrador to the Eskimos of that region; Abenaki Eskimatsic, Ojiba Askimeg, are said to mean ‘those who eat raw flesh.’ The natives call themselves Innuit, the people.
 

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/ˈɛskɪmoʊ/
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