igloo

thumb|upright=1.35|Community of igluit (Illustration from Charles Francis Hall's Arctic Researches and Life Among the Esquimaux, 1865) An igloo (Inuit languages: or , Inuktitut syllabics ; plural: ), also known as a snow house or snow hut, is a type of shelter built of suitable snow.

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An igloo is a shelter built from snow, also known as a snow house or snow hut, with the term originating from Inuit languages. Igloos have historically been important as practical dwellings for Arctic peoples, providing insulated protection in extreme winter conditions where other building materials were scarce.

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Although igloos are often associated with all Inuit, they were traditionally used only by the people of Canada's Central Arctic and the Qaanaaq area of Greenland. Other Inuit tended to use snow to insulate their houses, which were constructed from whalebone and hides.