English Explanatory Dictionary

Alaska

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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. A township in Beltrami County, Minnesota.
  5. An unincorporated community in Morgan and Owen counties, Indiana.
  6. An unincorporated community in Cibola County, New Mexico.
  7. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
  8. An unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
  9. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
  10. An unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
  11. A barangay of Aringay, La Union, Philippines.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of baked Alaska.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Alaska (“baked Alaska”).

Pronunciation

ə-lăsʹkə /əˈlæs.kə/ en-us-Alaska.ogg

Word forms

Alaska Alaskas

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).

Derived words

Alaska blackfish Alaska Day Alaska Daylight Time Alaska hand Alaska-Hawaii Time Alaska-like Alaskan Alaskan English Alaskan King Alaska Panhandle Alaska pollack Alaska pollock Alaskapox Alaska roll Alaska Standard Time Alaska Standard Time Zone Alaska time Alaska Time Zone baked Alaska Gulf of Alaska

Translations

Aleut: Alax̂sxax̂ Alutiiq: Alas'kaaq Arabic: أَلَاسْكَا Arabic: الاسكا Armenian: Ալյասկա Armenian: Ալասքա Azerbaijani: Alyaska Belarusian: Аляска Blackfoot: Anáhssah- Blackfoot: (puristic) Isstohkánaami'kkokótossko- Bulgarian: Аля̀ска Catalan: Alaska Cherokee: ᎠᎳᏍᎦ Chinese Mandarin: 阿拉斯加州 Czech: Aljaška Danish: Alaska Dutch: Alaska Esperanto: Alasko Estonian: Alaska Faroese: Alaska Finnish: Alaska French: Alaska Galician: Alasca Georgian: ალასკა German: Alaska Greek: Αλάσκα Hawaiian: ʻĀlaka Hebrew: אלסקה Hindi: अलास्का Hungarian: Alaszka Icelandic: Alaska Indonesian: Alaska Inuktitut: ᐊᓛᓯᑲ Inupiaq: Alaska Inupiaq: Alaskaq Inupiaq: Alaasikaq Irish: Alasca Italian: Alaska Italian: Alasca Japanese: アラスカ州 Kannada: ಅಲಾಸ್ಕ Kashmiri: अलास्का Khmer: អាឡាស្កា Korean: 알래스카 Korean: 얼래쓰커 Lakota: Osní-Makȟóčhe Lao: ອາລາສກາ
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