Alaskan malamute
Origin of malamute
from Inuit malimiut, name of the Inuit people living on the coast of northwestern Alaska that developed the breedmalamute
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malamute
or mal·e·mute
noun
An Alaskan malamute.
Origin of malamute
Short for malamute dog from Inupiaq Malimiut name of a subgroup of the InupiaqTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural malamutes)
- A ancient northern breed of dog of the husky type, particularly used as a sled dog.
Origin
So called because the dogs were bred by the Malamute people of western Alaska (see). The people's name derives from Inupiak malimiut).
Noun
- A member of an Inupiak people who live in western Alaska and are known for breeding malamute dogs.
Origin
From Inupiak malimiut).
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