[DOC] [TLE] Origin of State Names - Infoplease [PAR] Origin of State Names ... Alaska, Corruption of Aleut word meaning great land or 
that which the sea ... Idaho, An invented name whose meaning is unknown. [DOC] [TLE] Alaska State Name Origin, Alaska Nicknames [PAR] Figuratively, it means object to which the action of the sea is directed. It is also 
known as Alyeska, the "great land", an Aleut word derived from the same root. [DOC] [TLE] Origin of "Alaska" State Name Origin | State Symbols USA [PAR] Alaska is the Russian version of the Aleutian word Alakshak, which means "great 
... state flag and motto) and caption: "The Great Land" (public domain image on... [DOC] [TLE] The State of Alaska - An Introduction to the Last Frontier from ... [PAR] The name "Alaska" is taken from the Aleut word "alxsxaq" that refers to an object 
... Alaska comes from the Aleutian word "Alyeska," meaning "The Great Land. [DOC] [TLE] The Meaning of United States' State Names - Ipoetry [PAR] The state name Alabama means the grass, plant, or herb gatherer. The root is the 
... The Aleutian word "alakshak" means the great land. The name Alaska is a... [DOC] [TLE] Alyeska - Wikipedia [PAR] Alyeska may refer to: Alaska. Alyeska is an archaic spelling of the Aleut word 
Alaska meaning "mainland", "great country", or "great land". A former settlement... [DOC] [TLE] Alaska - Wikipedia [PAR] Alaska is a U.S. state situated in the northwest extremity of the Americas. The 
Canadian ... The name "Alaska" () was introduced in the Russian colonial 
period ... Literally, it means object to which the action of the sea is directed. It is 
also known as Alyeska, the "great land", an Aleut word derived from the same 
root. [DOC] [TLE] Alaska: American Indians Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki [PAR] May 21, 2016 ... Alaska is from an Aleut word, "alaxsxaq," meaning "great land" or "that which the 
sea ... From the mid-1800s, the official policy of the United States ... was to 
confine each tribe to a specific parcel of land called a reservation. [DOC] [TLE] The Aleut Language - Alaska State Library [PAR] zenship, this volume contains the first dictionary in which the Aleut words are 
printed in Roman ...... of word ending. By the name Aleut I refer to the people 
living on the Aleutian Islands ...... angunii, tanam - "the great land" one of the 
islands of... [DOC] [TLE] DO YOU LIVE IN A NATIVE AMERICAN STATE? - PowWows.com ... [PAR] Mar 27, 2012 ... Most of our state's names have origins in Native American Languages ... Alaska 
from the Aleut word alakshak meaning peninsula or great land. [DOC] [TLE] Alaska facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ... [PAR] Alaska. State of Alaska. ORIGIN OF STATE NAME: From the Aleut word "alyeska,
" meaning "great land." NICKNAME: Land of the Midnight Sun; The Last Frontier... [DOC] [TLE] States and Places Named After Indian Words [PAR] States. Alabama: Alabama received it's name from the Alabama river, which in ... 
Alaska: Corruption of Aleut word meaning "great land" or "that which the sea... [DOC] [TLE] Alaska Natives, Alaska Kids' Corner, State of Alaska [PAR] The smallest group of Alaska Natives, the Aleuts, made their living from the ... the 
name Alaska is derived from the Aleut word "Aleyska," meaning "great land.". [DOC] [TLE] The Story of a Name - Unalaska or Dutch Harbor? | City of Unalaska ... [PAR] Between 1890 and 1899, the United States Board on Geographic Names ... of a 
word which was itself a shortened version of an original Aleut word: Agunalaksh. 
... The Aleuts call the Alaska Peninsula Alaxsxa or Alaxsxix  the mainland. ... 
Popular belief has it, incorrectly, that the name means The Great Land with... [DOC] [TLE] Susan Butcher's Alaska [PAR] The name Alaska is derived from the Aleut word "Alyeska," meaning "great land

Question: The name of this state is from an Aleut word meaning "Great Land"
Answer: Alaska