what is an eskimo?

Answer 1

A member of the Inuit or Yupik people - the indigenous people of Alaska, Greenland, Canada, and parts of Siberia. "Eskimo" literally means "raw fish eater" and is no longer considered politically correct.

Answer 2

Eskimo is a slang term for the Inuit people hailing from the Arctic. It was originally used by native Americans and roughly translated means 'those that eat raw fish'. I May be wrong about this but I saw it on TV so it must be true.

Answer 3

An Eskimo is a hybrid of a Pakistan and a Chinese.

Answer 4

has both classificatory and descriptive terms; in addition to gender and generation, also distinguishes between lineal relatives (who are related directly by a line of decent) and collateral relatives (who are related by blood, but not directly in the line of descent). Lineal relatives have highly descriptive terms, collateral relatives have highly classificatory terms.
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Includes persons who classified themselves as such in one of the specific race categories relating to Native Americans. (The Factbook opted for the now more widely used Native American).
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American Indian includes persons who indicated their race as "American Indian," entered the name of an Indian Tribe, or reported such entries as Canadian Indian, French-American Indian, or Spanish-American Indian. Persons who identified themselves as American Indian were also asked to report their enrolled or principal tribe. Therefore, tribal data in tabulations reflect the written tribal entries reported on the questionnaires.
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a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
the language spoken by the Eskimo
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Eskimo is a term used for a group of people who inhabit the circumpolar region (excluding circumpolar Scandinavia and all but the easternmost portions of Russia) There are two main groups of Eskimo: the Inuit of northern Alaska, Canada and Greenland and the Yupik of western Alaska and the Russian Far East (the latter ones are known as Siberian Yupik or Yuit). ...
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Eskimo was an album that was originally supposed to follow 1976's Fingerprince. However, due to many delays and arguments with management, it was not released until 1979. Upon release it was hailed as the group's best record to date.
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Answer 5

Someone that lives in an igloo.