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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Es·qui·mau /ˈɛskəˌmo/
 愛斯基摩人[語]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Es·ki·mo n.; pl. Eskimos   Ethnol. One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland.  In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race. [Written also Esquimau.]
 Eskimo dog Zoöl., one of a breed of large and powerful dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Es·qui·mau n.; pl. Esquimaux   Same as Eskimo.
    It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau can live, a civilized man can live also.   --McClintock.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Esquimau
      n 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') [syn:
           Eskimo, Inuit]
      2: the language spoken by the Eskimo people [syn: Eskimo]