Definitions of Aleut
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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”
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type of:
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community
a group of people living in a particular local area
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community
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a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
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synonyms:
Aleutian
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type of:
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American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
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American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
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the language spoken by the Aleut
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Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language
the family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut
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Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language
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