Aleut

Meaning

Adj

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

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

Synonyms

Aleutian

Eskimo-Aleut languages

Unangan

Unangas

Unangax̂

Translations

aléoute

aleutiano

aleúte

Aleutisch

aleuta

Aleutça

Aleútes

Aleut

Aléoute

الأليوتية

aleuto

Aleoetisch

aleut

Aléoutien

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌæ.liːˈuːt/

Etymology

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