In Inuktitut, iglu just means "house" — any house. English narrowed it to snow domes, but for the Inuit, your apartment is also an iglu.
A dome-shaped dwelling made of blocks of compacted snow, traditionally built by the Inuit peoples of the Arctic.
From Inuktitut iglu (ᐃᒡᓗ), meaning house or dwelling. In Inuit languages, iglu refers to any type of house, not exclusively a snow structure. The specific snow-house meaning developed in English usage. Key roots: iglu (Inuktitut: "house, dwelling").
In Inuktitut, iglu simply means "house" — any house, whether made of snow, wood, stone, or modern materials. The exclusive association with snow structures is an English invention. The snow igloo is an engineering marvel: the dome shape distributes the weight of the snow blocks so effectively that a properly built igloo can