ALEUT


Meaning of ALEUT in English

I. ˌalēˈüt, ˈalēˌüt; aˈlüt, aˈl- also alˈyüt or alˈy- noun

also aleutian əˈlüshən also əlˈyü-

( -s )

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: Russian, probably from a native name in Asia

1.

a. : a people of the Aleutian and Shumagin islands and the western part of Alaska peninsula

b. : a member of such people

2. : an Eskimo-Aleut language of the Aleut people

II. adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

: of or belonging to an early, middle, or late period of a prehistoric Aleutian culture of about 100 B.C. to A.D. 1750

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.