English Dictionary

ALEUTIAN

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Overview

ALEUTIAN (noun)
  The noun ALEUTIAN has 1 sense:

1. a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaskaplay

  Familiarity information: ALEUTIAN used as a noun is very rare.


ALEUTIAN (adjective)
  The adjective ALEUTIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the Aleut or their language or cultureplay

  Familiarity information: ALEUTIAN used as an adjective is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ALEUTIAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Aleut; Aleutian

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

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


ALEUTIAN (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)


 Context examples 


Aleutian - a person having origins from the Aleut indigenous group of Alaska and their descendants and who maintains tribal affiliation, or community or cultural attachment.

(Aleutian, NCI Thesaurus)



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