Aleut

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/æˈluːt/, /ˈæliːˌʊt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə lo̅o̅t′, al′ē o̅o̅t′)


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Al•eut  (ə lo̅o̅t′, al′ē o̅o̅t′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Anthropology, Language VarietiesAlso, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
  2. Language Varietiesthe language of the Aleuts, distantly related to Eskimo: a member of the Eskimo-Aleut family.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Aleut /æˈluːt; ˈæliːˌʊt/ n
  1. a member of a people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and SW Alaska, related to the Inuit
  2. the language of this people, related to Inuktitut
Etymology: from Russian aleút, probably of Chukchi origin
'Aleut' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Alaska - Aleutian - Eskimo - Eskimo-Aleut - Inuit - Paleosiberian - parka - Yupik

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