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A⋅leu⋅tian

  [uh-loo-shuhn]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the Aleutian Islands.
–noun
2. Aleut (def. 1).
3. Aleutians. Aleutian Islands.

Al⋅eut

  [uh-loot, al-ee-oot]
–noun
1. Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
2. the language of the Aleuts, distantly related to Eskimo: a member of the Eskimo-Aleut family.

Aleutian Islands

 
–plural noun
an archipelago extending SW from the Alaska Peninsula: part of Alaska.
Also called Aleutians.
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A·leu·tian   (ə-lōō'shən)   
adj.  Of or relating to the Aleut, their language, or their culture.
n.  A native or inhabitant of the Aleutian Islands, especially an Aleut.
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Cultural Dictionary

Aleutian Islands [(uh-looh-shuhn)]

Chain of volcanic (see volcano) islands off western Alaska between the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

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Word Origin & History

Aleut 
native of the Aleutian Islands, 1780, of unknown origin, probably from a native word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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