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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.
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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