Aleutian Islands

English

The Aleutian Islands

Etymology

Possibly from Chukchi aliat (“island”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæliːˈuːʃən ˈɑɪlændz/

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Proper noun

Aleutian Islands

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.

Synonyms

• Catherine Archipelago
• Aleutic Islands
• Aleut Islands

Translations

archipelago

• Arabic: جُزُر أَلُوشْيَان f pl (juzur ʔalūšyān)
• Armenian: Ալեության կղզիներ (Aleutʻyan kġziner)
• Catalan: illes Aleutianes f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿留申群島／阿留申群岛 (zh) (Āliúshēn qúndǎo)

• Czech: Aleuty (cs) f pl
• Danish: Aleuterne c pl
• Dutch: Aleoeten (nl) pl
• Estonian: Aleuudid pl
• Faroese: Aleutoyggjar f pl
• Finnish: Aleutit (fi) pl
• French: îles Aléoutiennes (fr) m pl
• German: Aleuten (de) pl, Alëuten (de) pl
• Icelandic: Aleuteyjar f pl
• Irish: Oileáin Ailiúit m pl
• Japanese: アリューシャン列島 (Aryūshan-rettō)
• Korean: 알류샨 열도 (Allyusyan yeoldo)
• Latin: Insulae Aleutiae f pl, Insulae Aleuticae f pl, Aleutiae f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Aleutene m pl

  Nynorsk: Aleutane m pl

• Polish: Aleuty (pl)
• Portuguese: Ilhas Aleutas f pl
• Russian: Алеу́тские острова́ (ru) m pl (Aleútskije ostrová)
• Spanish: Islas Aleutianas f pl
• Swedish: Aleuterna (sv) pl
• Volapük: Laleutuäns (vo)

See also

• Alaska
• Bering Strait