Aleut Definition
Of the Aleutian Islands, their inhabitants or their language.
Other Word Forms of Aleut
Noun
Origin of Aleut
Russian from Alut a village on Kamchatka inhabited by the Alutor, a people speaking a language related to Chukchi and traditionally practicing whale-hunting (the Russians later extending their name for this people to the Aleut, who practice a similar lifestyle)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From the Aleut allíthuh (“community”).
From Wiktionary
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