Main Entry: Es·ki·mo

Pronunciation: \ˈes-kə-ˌmō\

Function: noun

Etymology: obsolete Esquimawe, probably from Spanish esquimao, from Montagnais (Algonquian language of eastern Canada) aiachkime8 Micmac, Eskimo; probably akin to modern Montagnais assime·w she laces a snowshoe, Ojibwa aškime·

Date: 1584

1 plural Eskimo or Eskimos : a member of a group of peoples of northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska, and eastern Siberia
2 : any of the languages of the Eskimo peoples

— Es·ki·mo·an \ˌes-kə-ˈmō-ən\ adjective