Alaska

Meaning

Name

1. A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Juneau. Largest city: Anchorage. Postal code: AK.
2. A peninsula in southwest Alaska, United States, in full the Alaska Peninsula.
3. Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory.
4. Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory.
5. Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory.
6. Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory.
7. Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory.
8. Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory.
9. Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory.
10. A barangay of Aringay, La Union, Philippines.

Noun

Ellipsis of baked Alaska.

Synonyms

AK

Last Frontier

Inuit

Fairbanks

Eskimo-Aleut

Alas.

Translations

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Αλάσκα

Alasca

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Alasca

ألاسكا

Alaska

الاسكا

آلاسكا

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈlæs.kə/

Etymology

From Russian Аля́ска (Aljáska, “Alaska”), in turn from Aleut alaxsxaq (“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).