Alaska
proper nounnouncommon in dialogue
- //əˈlæs.kə//
A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Juneau. Largest city: Anchorage. Postal code: AK.
proper noun
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A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Juneau. Largest city: Anchorage. Postal code: AK.
We have no available sources of information concerning the vegetation northward of the peninsula of Alaska from Bristol Bay, in 58°, to the mouth of the Kwichpak, in latitude 63°.
Alaska was discovered about a century ago by Russian furhunters[.]
Alaska's earliest inhabitants were nomadic hunters traveling in small bands. They arrived in interior Alaska at least 13,000 years ago […]
Not that violence against humans is essential for a region to become boycottworthy. On the ethical consumer website’s list of “progressive boycotts”, campaigners also argue for boycotts on Alaska (wolf-killing) and Canada (for seal-killing, seafood), on Japan (whales) and Mauritius for exporting live primates.
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A peninsula in southwest Alaska, United States, in full the Alaska Peninsula.
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Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory. A township in Beltrami County, Minnesota.
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Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory. An unincorporated community in Morgan and Owen counties, Indiana.
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Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory. An unincorporated community in Cibola County, New Mexico.
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Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
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Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory. An unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
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Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory. An unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
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A barangay of Aringay, La Union, Philippines.
Etymology
From Russian Аля́ска (Aljáska, “Alaska”), in turn from Aleut alaxsxaq (“a mainland”, literally “that toward which the action of the sea is directed”), composed of alag (“pertaining to the sea”) + -sxa (nominalizing suffix, yields 'the objective of action expressed by the root') + -q (nominalizing suffix). Commonly misattributed to Russian ала (ala) + -ский (-skij, adjectival suffix).
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Variant of baked AlaskaEllipsis of baked Alaska.
Forms
- plural
- Alaskas
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