What is another word for Greenlander?

Pronunciation: [ɡɹˈiːnləndə] (IPA)

Greenlander is a term used to describe people who come from Greenland, the largest island on earth. However, there are several other words used to refer to people of Greenlandic origin that can be used interchangeably with Greenlander. These include Inuit, Kalaallit, and Eskimo. Inuit is a term used to describe the indigenous people of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland, while Kalaallit is the name for the Greenlandic Inuit people. Eskimo is another term used to describe the indigenous people of Arctic regions, including Greenland. In general, the term Greenlander is widely accepted and commonly used to refer to people from Greenland.

What are the hypernyms for Greenlander?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Greenlander

And it does their sensibility no little credit, without flattering ourselves, that when they saw the various articles of our European manufacture, they could not help expressing their surprise, by a mixture of joy and concern, that seemed to apply the case as a lesson of humility to themselves; and, on all occasions, they appeared deeply impressed with a consciousness of their own inferiority; a behaviour which equally exempts their national character from the preposterous pride of the more polished Japanese, and of the ruder Greenlander.
"A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16"
Robert Kerr
Would the Greenlander paint a Negro, a Dane, a Greek, in his mind's eye, without ever having seen one?
"The Campaner Thal and Other Writings"
Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
This animal is the constant prey of the Greenlander, and furnishes him with all he wants.
"The History of Sandford and Merton"
Thomas Day

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