One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.

historically used to refer to indigenous people of Arctic North America. The term derives from the Algonquin word for "eaters of raw meat."

Central Yup'ik, St. Lawrence Island Yupik (Siberian Yupik), and Inupiaq people share a similar cultural background and they are often referred to as Eskimos in Alaska. The Yupik/Yup'ik people are sometimes called Western Eskimos, because they live in the westernmost part of Alaska. The term "Eastern Eskimo" refers to the Alaskan Inupiaq, Canadian Inuit, and Greenlandic Kalaallit peoples, who share a similar language and culture. However, the Inuit and Kalaallit people consider the name "Eskimo" offensive, and they prefer their own group names or collectively to be known as First Nation people.

A member of a people that live in the Arctic regions of North America and Asia.

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 people

Eskimo is the term once given to Inuit by European explorers and is now rarely used in Canada. It is derived from an Algonquin term meaning "raw meat eaters", and many people find the term offensive. The term is still frequently used in the United States in reference to Inuit in Alaska.

Eskimos, or Esquimaux, are terms used to refer to people who inhabit the circumpolar region, excluding Scandinavia and most of Russia, but including the easternmost portions of Siberia. There are two main groups of Eskimos: the Inuit in northern Alaska, Canada and Greenland, and the Yupik of western Alaska and the Russian Far East.