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ALEUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The language spoken by the Aleut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Aleut" is a kind of...):

Eskimo-Aleut; Eskimo-Aleut language (the family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska

Example:

the Aleut and the Eskimo are related culturally and linguistically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Aleut" is a kind of...):

community (a group of people living in a particular local area)

Domain region:

Aleutian Islands; Aleutians (an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska

Synonyms:

Aleut; Aleutian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Aleut" is a kind of...):

Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)

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