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Aleutian Islands

Aleutian Islands

1 4.3
A group of islands southwest of Alaska in the North Pacific
  • proper noun
  • /əˈluːʃən ˈaɪləndz/
translation icon : Islas Aleutianas
  • I was born in 1940, and my dad was in the shipyards at Portland and in the Aleutian Islands.
  • Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea
  • Sea and Aleutian Islands
  • eastern Aleutian Islands

Examples

  • Our expedition set off in mid-June from Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, one of the Aleutian Islands, before crisscrossing the eastern Bering Sea, heading northwest.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Umaka is located at the end of the Aleutian Islands, hard to get to from other villages, including Akusha where I live now.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Find out all you can about the battles that took place on the Aleutian Islands.

    Academic text (1997)

  • And then look at Okmok in the Aleutian Islands in 2008.

    Blog text (25)

  • A few weeks later, Storey Fish was transferred to the Aleutian Islands.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Will progress trump preservation in Alaska's Aleutian Islands?

    Academic text (2007)

  • All over the Aleutian Islands, people talked about blind Leonty's carpentry talent.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The Aleutian Islands are known for their stunning natural beauty and diverse wildlife.

  • Many tourists visit the Aleutian Islands each year to enjoy hiking and fishing.

  • The weather in the Aleutian Islands can be quite unpredictable, with sudden changes occurring throughout the day.

Synonyms

Aleutians
vsAleutian Islands
7.6

A chain of islands stretching southwest from Alaska between the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean

is a briefer description giving only the location southwest from Alaska

Surface Forms

Aleutian Islands main

Morphology

Aleutian + island

The phrase is directly compositional: 'Aleutian' means pertaining to the Aleut people/region and 'islands' means pieces of land surrounded by water, so together it denotes islands associated with the Aleut region. As a geographic proper name it follows a common adjective+noun place-name pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Aleutian Islands gets its name from the local people called the Aleut. When Russian explorers arrived, they used that people's name for the long chain of islands, so today the name means 'the islands of the Aleut people'.