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Definition of Aleutians
1. Noun. An archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska.
Geographical relationships: Aleut
Group relationships: Ak, Alaska, Last Frontier, Pacific, Pacific Ocean
Generic synonyms: Archipelago
Definition of Aleutians
1. Noun. (plural of Aleutian) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aleutians
Literary usage of Aleutians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"The aleutians Today It has only been in the last 30 years, since the settlement
of the Native Claims Act, that the aleutians - and the Aleuts - have been ..."
2. Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage and Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2002)
"Over $100 million was spent on construction in the aleutians during the war: ...
Meanwhile, in the aleutians, a blockade was set up around the Japanese- ..."
3. Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the North-east of Siberia, the Frozen by Gavriil Andreevich Sarychev (1806)
"At the close of this month the aleutians began the sea^ bear chace, which continued
till November. These animals return from the northern to the southern ..."
4. Overland Through Asia: Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox (1871)
"These natives have harpoons with short lines aleutians CATCHING WHALES. to which
they attach bladders or skin bags filled with air. ..."
5. An Inglorious Columbus, Or, Evidence that Hwui Shăn and a Party of Buddhist by Edward Payson Vining (1885)
"... hospitality—Hospitality of the American Indians— The Iroquois—The Esquimaux—The
aleutians—Absence of fortifications— The chiefs—The decoration of their ..."
6. Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind by James Cowles Prichard (1844)
"... aleutians. These races are distinguished in many respects from the other
inhabitants of Northern Asia and make a perceptible approach in their ..."
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