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Meaning of Esquimaux | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Groupe de peuples constitué des Inuits, des Yupiks et éventuellement des Aléoutes habitant les terres arctiques du Groenland, du Canada, de l’Alaska et de la Sibérie.

Equivalents

Français esquimaux esquimaux

Examples

“The sledges of the Esquimaux are of large size, varying from six and a half to nine and even eleven feet in length, and from eighteen inches to two feet in breadth.”
“I may here remark in passing that Sir Henry Thompson’s reference to the Esquimaux, as an instance of a people to whom a vegetarian diet would be impossible, is not of much practical value to English readers in the elucidation of this food question; […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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