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Esquimau

Esquimau is the archaic form of Eskimo.

Meaning of Eskimo

Proper noun

Eskimo

  1. Any of the languages of the Eskimo people.

See all 7 meanings of Eskimo

Forms of Esquimau

pluralEsquimaus
pluralEsquimaux

Questions about Esquimau

What is Esquimau the archaic form of?
Esquimau is the archaic form of Eskimo.

Words near Esquimau in the dictionary

  1. Esquiline
  2. Esquiline Hill
  3. Esquilins
  4. esquillectomy
  5. Esquimalt
  6. Esquimau
  7. Esquimaus
  8. Esquimaux
  9. Esquimo
  10. Esquimos
  11. esquire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Esquimau (page history and authors); Eskimo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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