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Anonymous  #430413  Sat, 13 Oct 07 02:01 PM

Hi

The designations of Eskimo peoples vary with their languages and dialects.

What is a synonym for designations in the sentence?

Thanks

  
MrPedantic  #430423  Sat, 13 Oct 07 03:01 PM

Do you have any more context, Anon?

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Anonymous  #430435  Sat, 13 Oct 07 03:52 PM

Hello MrP

An Eskimo is any member of a group of peoples who, with the closely related Aleuts, constitute the chief element in the indigenous population of the Arctic and Sub-Artic regions of Greenland, Canada, the United States, and far eastern Russia (Siberia).

The designations of Eskimo peoples vary with their languages and dialects. They include such names as Inuit, Inupiat, Yupik, and Alutiit, each of which is a regional variant meaning “the people” or “the real people.” 

  
Feebs11  #430547  Sat, 13 Oct 07 11:43 PM
"Designation" here means the way in which someone or something is named and classified or distinguished from others.
  
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Anonymous  #430615  Sun, 14 Oct 07 06:06 AM
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