Aleuts

Variant of Aleut

noun

  1. pl. Aleuts or Aleut a member of an indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands and parts of mainland Alaska
  2. the language of this people, related to Eskimo

Origin: Russ < ? Chukchi aliuit, islanders

adjective

of the Aleuts or their language or culture
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