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Aleut

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Aleut

1
n
a community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
2
n
the language spoken by the Aleut
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Aleut
1

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

“the Aleut and the Eskimo are related culturally and linguistically”
Type of:
community
a group of people living in a particular local area

n a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska

Synonyms:
Aleutian
Type of:
American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
2

n the language spoken by the Aleut

Type of:
Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language
the family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut
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