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ALEUTIAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Aleut; Aleutian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

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

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Aleut or their language or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

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