Aleut
Americannoun
plural
Aleuts,plural
Aleut-
Also a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related to the Inuit and Yupik.
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the language of the Aleut, distantly related to Eskimo: a member of the Eskimo-Aleut family.
noun
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a member of a people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and SW Alaska, related to the Inuit
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the language of this people, related to Inuktitut
Etymology
Origin of Aleut
from Russian aleút, probably of Chukchi origin
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