What is another word for an Inuit?

• A. Inuit
• B. Aleut
• C. Eskimo
• D. Inupiat

Answer: (C)

Terminology for Arctic Indigenous peoples has shifted over time. Eskimo was the long-used general English term that referred to various Indigenous groups living in the Arctic, including those we now call Inuit. Because of that broad usage, Eskimo functions as a common synonym for an Inuit in older or more general vocabulary. In modern usage, many communities prefer Inuit when talking about the culturally and linguistically defined group that lives in Canada, Greenland, and parts of Alaska; Inupiat is a specific subgroup within the Inuit in Alaska; Aleut refers to a different Indigenous people native to the Aleutian Islands. So the best answer here is Eskimo, since it historically serves as the broad term that can mean an Inuit. The other options either reflect the same group in a more contemporary term (Inuit), denote a more specific subgroup (Inupiat), or refer to a distinct nation (Aleut).