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malamute

ma·la·mute

UK/ˈmæ.ləˌmjuːt/ US/ˈmæ.ləˌmut/ uncommon

noun

Origin

Borrowed from Inupiaq malimiut, so called because the dogs were bred by the Malamute people of western Alaska. First attested in 1884.

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