kabloona en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kəˈbluːnə/ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅ (qallunaaq, “foreigner”) or Greenlandic kablunâk (“white person, Dane”) (now spelled qallunaaq), or a combination of the two.
Meanings
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(Canada, US) A non-Inuit person in Canada or Greenland, especially a European or someone of European descent.
After food and pleasantries had been exchanged, the old man asked what they were doing so far from the God-Walking People's northern lands, and when one of the hunters explained that they were looking for living or dead kabloona […]
2007, Dan Simmons, The Terror: A Novel:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kabloona | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| kadloona | alternative | lexicographic | |
| kabloonat | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| kabloonas | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| kabluna | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
de Kabloona (non-Inuit person)