kabloona
American
[kab-loo-nuh]
/ kæbˈlu nə /
noun
Canadian chiefly Arctic.
Kabloona
British
/ kəˈbluːnə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of kabloona
1765–75; < Inuit qablunaaq, probably derivative of qava the South; association with qablu “eyebrow” has given rise to the spurious translation “person with big eyebrows”
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