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malamute
or mal·e·mute
[ mal-uh-myoot ]
/ ˈmæl əˌmyut /
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noun (sometimes initial capital letter)
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Origin of malamute
First recorded in 1895–1900, malamute is from the Inupiaq word malimiut name for local groups of Inupiaq of the Kotzebue Sound region, W Alaska, who bred such dogs
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British Dictionary definitions for malamute
malamute
malemute
/ (ˈmæləˌmuːt) /
noun
an Alaskan sled dog of the spitz type, having a dense usually greyish coat
Word Origin for malamute
from the name of an Inuit tribe
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