"kabloona" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈbluːnə/ [UK] Forms: kabloonas [plural], kabloona [plural], kabloonat [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅ (qallunaaq, “foreigner”) or Greenlandic kablunâk (“white person, Dane”) (now spelled qallunaaq), or a combination of the two. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|ike|ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅ||foreigner|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=qallunaaq|ts=}} Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅ (qallunaaq, “foreigner”), {{bor+|en|ike|ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅ|t=foreigner|tr=qallunaaq}} Borrowed from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅ (qallunaaq, “foreigner”), {{bor|en|kl|kablunâk|t=white person, Dane}} Greenlandic kablunâk (“white person, Dane”), {{m|kl|qallunaaq}} qallunaaq Head templates: {{en-noun|s|kabloona|kabloonat}} kabloona (plural kabloonas or kabloona or kabloonat)
  1. (Canada, US) A non-Inuit person in Canada or Greenland, especially a European or someone of European descent. Tags: Canada, US Synonyms: kabluna, kadloona Translations (non-Inuit person): Kabloona (German)
    Sense id: en-kabloona-en-noun-QAfF423J Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header

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