English Explanatory Dictionary

Aleut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of the Aleutian Islands, their inhabitants or their language.
noun
  1. A member of the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska in the United States and of Kamchatka Krai in the Russia.
  2. A native or inhabitant of the Aleutian Islands.
name
  1. The language of the Aleutian Islands, related to Eskimo (Inupiaq and Yupik).

Pronunciation

/ˌæ.liːˈuːt/ /ˈæ.liːˌuːt/ /əˈluːt/ Aleut pronunciation.mp3

Word forms

Aleut Aleuts

Etymology

From Russian алеу́т (aleút), probably from a native word, perhaps Aleut allíthuh (“community”) or Chukchi aliat (“island”).

Synonyms

Aleutian Aleutic Unangam Tunuu

Related words

Alaska Aleutian Aleutic Eskimo Eskimo-Aleut Eskimo-Aleutic Eskimo-Aleutian Eskaleutian Eskaleutic Eskaleut

Derived words

Aleut Islands Aleut Peninsula Aleutian Aleutic
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