ANGAKOK

Etymology

Noun

angakok (plural angakoks)

An Inuit shaman.

Synonyms

• angekok

• angakkuq (from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut)

• angatkuq (from Inuvialuktun)

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

12 June 2025

RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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