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inuksuk

inuksuk is the alternative spelling of inukshuk.

Meaning of inukshuk

Noun

inukshuk (plural inukshuks or inukshuit or inuksuit)

  1. A structure of piled stones, used as a landmark and traditionally constructed by the Inuit, often resembling a humanoid figure.
    • The Nunavut Territory flag bears a rendering of an inukshuk in the form of a crucifix.2004, Pamela R Stern, Historical Dictionary of the Inuit, page 74

Forms of inuksuk

pluralinuksuks
pluralinuksuit

Questions about inuksuk

What is inuksuk the alternative spelling of?
Inuksuk is the alternative spelling of inukshuk.

Words near inuksuk in the dictionary

  1. Inuks
  2. inukshuit
  3. inukshuk
  4. inukshuks
  5. inuksuit
  6. inuksuk
  7. inuksuks
  8. Inuktitut
  9. Inuktun
  10. Inuktut
  11. inula

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