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Aleutian Islands en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌæliːˈuːʃən ˈɑɪlændz/

Etymology

Possibly from Chukchi aliat (“an island”).

Meanings

  1. An archipelago of more than three hundred small volcanic islands forming an island arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean, between Alaska and the Kamchatka Peninsula of Asia; part of the United States.

Forms

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Relateds

Bering Strait · Alaska

Synonyms

Aleutic Islands · Aleut Islands · Catherine Archipelago

Translations (28)

ar جُزُر أَلُوشْيَان (archipelago) · de Aleuten (archipelago) · pt Ilhas Aleutas (archipelago) · de Alëuten (archipelago) · la Insulae Aleuticae (archipelago) · da Aleuterne (archipelago) · fr îles Aléoutiennes (archipelago) · ja アリューシャン列島 (archipelago) · fo Aleutoyggjar (archipelago) · hy Ալեության կղզիներ (archipelago) · sv Aleuterna (archipelago) · et Aleuudid (archipelago) · nb Aleutene (archipelago) · cmn 阿留申群島 /阿留申群岛 (archipelago) · nl Aleoeten (archipelago) · ca illes Aleutianes (archipelago) · la Insulae Aleutiae (archipelago) · ga Oileáin Ailiúit (archipelago) · ru Алеу́тские острова́ (archipelago) · es Islas Aleutianas (archipelago) · ko 알류샨 열도 (archipelago) · cs Aleuty (archipelago) · fi Aleutit (archipelago) · pl Aleuty (archipelago) · vo Laleutuäns (archipelago) · nn Aleutane (archipelago) · la Aleutiae (archipelago) · is Aleuteyjar (archipelago)