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Definitions

Noun

1. 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. 2
   the language spoken by the Aleut wordnet
3. 3
   A native or inhabitant of the Aleutian Islands.
4. 4
   a community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska wordnet
5. 5
   a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Of the Aleutian Islands, their inhabitants or their language. not-comparable

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The language of the Aleutian Islands, related to Eskimo (Inupiaq and Yupik).

Synonyms

All synonyms

aleutianaleut languagealeutianaleutianaleuticenglish

Example

More examples

"Dan is interested in Aleut people."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

Aleut IslandsAleut Peninsulaaleutian islandseskimo aleuteskimo aleutian

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.