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Minik

Minik may refer to:

  • Minik, later Minik Wallace (ca. 1890 – 1918), an Inuit brought to the United States of America from Greenland along with five other Inuit in 1897 by explorer Robert Peary
  • Domingo Pérez Minik (1903 - 1989), Spanish writer
Minik (given name)

Minik is a Greenlandic Inuit name meaning "viscid train oil which is being used as sealing for skin boats." It was the third most popular name given to boys in Greenland during the past decade. The name was given to Prince Vincent of Denmark, born in 2011, as one of his middle names.

Usage examples of "minik".

But she wept no more, her head was aloft, her Norse rang: “That I did last year, when I chose Minik for us twain.

Two hunters named Minik and Mattak who accompanied us at first from Baffinland.

Several days ago, while we were hunting, Minik and Mattak returned to the camp and attacked the women and children.