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ALEUTIANS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska

Synonyms:

Aleutian Islands; Aleutians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Domain member region:

Aleut (a community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska)

Holonyms ("Aleutians" is a part of...):

AK; Alaska; Last Frontier (a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union)

Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)

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