The story
- Chukchi · derived fromaliat“an island”
- English todayAleutian Islands
Possibly from Chukchi aliat (“an island”).
Words from the same roots
Chukchialiat all →
Aleut
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aleutian Islands
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Chukchi aliat