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- noun Plural form of
Aleutian . - noun The Aleutian Islands.
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Examples
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His Report from the Aleutians is a 1943 war-time documentary that can be seen at the Internet Archive or from googlevideo:
John Huston Divers 2008
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Just how am I supposed to explain to the Admiral that we're detecting radio signals from the godforsaken rocks called the Aleutians?
Arctic Fire Douglass, Keith 1997
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The Aleutians are a hardy, kind-hearted, agile race, almost living on the sea.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Jules Verne 1866
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Akatan, which is in the Aleutians; Akatan, beyond Chignik, beyond Kardalak, beyond Unimak.
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By Jan. 9, it had swum 750 miles to the edge of the Bering Sea shelf north of the Aleutians, where waters decrease in depth from about 13,000 feet to about 240 feet.
Rare Whale Takes Epic Journey AP 2011
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In June, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 in the same area of the Aleutians also prompted a tsunami warning.
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My wife's granddad, a three-war Air Force officer, flew Lightings against the Zeroes and Bettys in the Aleutians and New Guinea before he was shipped back to run a flight school in Texas and met her grandmother, recently widowed from the love of her life by bombing runs over Japan.
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The center says the Thursday evening quake was felt through the central Aleutians and as far east as Dutch Harbor and Unalaska.
Alaska Earthquake: Magnitude 7.2 Temblor Strikes In Pacific Ocean The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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A tsunami alert was posted for parts of coastal Alaska after a magnitude 7.2 quake hit off the Aleutians.
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By Jan. 9, it had swum 750 miles to the edge of the Bering Sea shelf north of the Aleutians, where waters decrease in depth from about 13,000 feet to about 240 feet.
Rare Whale Takes Epic Journey AP 2011
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