Aleut
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Russian алеу́т (aleút), probably from a native word,[1] perhaps Aleut allíthuh (“community”) or Chukchi aliat (“island”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Aleut (not comparable)
- Of the Aleutian Islands, their inhabitants or their language.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of the Aleutian Islands
Noun
[edit]Aleut (plural Aleuts)
- A member of the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska in the United States and of Kamchatka Krai in the Russia.
- A native or inhabitant of the Aleutian Islands.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]native of the Aleutian Islands
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Proper noun
[edit]Aleut
- The language of the Aleutian Islands, related to Eskimo (Inupiaq and Yupik).
Translations
[edit]language of the Aleutian Islands
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See also
[edit]- Alaska
- Aleutian
- Aleutic
- Eskimo
- Eskimo-Aleut
- Eskimo-Aleutic
- Eskimo-Aleutian
- Eskaleutian
- Eskaleutic
- Eskaleut
References
[edit]- ^ “Aleut”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading
[edit]- Wiktionary’s coverage of Aleut terms
Aleut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Aleut language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ethnologue entry for Aleut, ale
Anagrams
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