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Esquimau

Definitions: Esquimau

Esquimau

Noun

1. 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').

2. The language spoken by the Eskimo people.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Esquimau" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references)

"Esquimau" is a common misspelling or typo for: sequoia, squeak, squeal, squirmed.

 

Synonyms: Esquimau

Synonyms: Eskimo (n), Inuit (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Esquimau

English words defined with "Esquimau": Esquimaux. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Esquimau" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Portuguese (Eskimo).

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Commercial Usage: Esquimau

DomainTitle

Books

  • Le mot en français et en esquimau. Etude de psycho-systématique comparée. (reference)

  • Popok : le petit esquimau (reference)

  • Shamans and spirits : myths and medical symbolism in Eskimo art = Chamans et esprits : les mythes et le symbolisme médical dans l'art Esquimau (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Esquimau

Language Translations for "Esquimau"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

eskimez (eskimo). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

ескимос (eskimo, husky). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

爱斯基摩-阿留"语 (Eskimo). (various references)

   

Czech

  

eskymák (eskimo). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

에스키모인 (Eskimo, Eskimos). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

esquimauay

   

Portuguese

  

divisar (descry, lay up claim, overlook, sight, spy). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

eschimos (eskimo). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

эскимос (eskimo). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

eskim (eskimo, husky). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

esquimal (Eskimo). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

eskimå (Eskimo). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

eskimoca (eskimo), eskimo (amerind, amerindian, eskimo). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

ескімоска (eskimo), ескімос (eskimo). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Esquimau

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-q-s-u-u"

-2 letters: maquis, masque, umiaqs.

-3 letters: amies, amuse, maqui, quais, quasi, umiaq, usque.

-4 letters: aims, amie, amis, amus, emus, maes, mesa, mise, muse, quai, same, seam, semi, sima.

-5 letters: aim, ais, ami, amu, eau, ems, emu, ism, mae, mas, mis, mus, qua, sae, sau, sea, sei, sim, sue, sum, suq, use.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-q-s-u-u"
 

+4 letters: quadrenniums.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Esquimau


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 73 71 75 69 6D 61 75

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    ...    --.-    ..-    ..    --    .-    ..-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01110011 01110001 01110101 01101001 01101101 01100001 01110101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#115 &#113 &#117 &#105 &#109 &#97 &#117

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0073 0071 0075 0069 006D 0061 0075

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3985838775796787

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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