# List of Alaska placenames of Native American origin

The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Alaska whose names are derived from Native American languages.

## Listings
### Boroughs and census areas

* Aleutians West and Aleutians East Borough
* Kenai Peninsula Borough – from the Dena'ina phrase dena, meaning "flat meadow" or "open area with few trees".
** Shared with the city of Kenai.
* Ketchikan Gateway Borough – from the Tlingit phrase kichx̱áan, whose English translation is unclear.
** Shared with the city of Ketchikan.
* Kodiak Island Borough – from the Alutiiq phrase qikertaq, meaning "island".
** Shared with the island of Kodiak, and its largest city Kodiak.
* Matanuska-Susitna Borough
* The City and Borough of Sitka – from the Tlingit phrase shee at'iká, meaning "people on the outside of Baranof Island".
* The Municipality and Borough of Skagway – from the Tlingit phrase sha-ka-géi, meaning "a windy place with white caps on the water".
* The City and Borough of Yakutat – from the Tlingit phrase yaakwdáat, meaning "the place where canoes rest".
** Shared with the neighboring Yakutat Bay.

### Settlements

* Adak – from the Aleut phrase adaax, whose English translation is unclear.
** Shared with Adak Island
* Alakanuk – from the Yupik phrase alakanuk, meaning "wrong way".
* Akutan – from the Aleut phrase achan-ingiiga, whose English translation is unclear.
** Shared with Akutan Bay, Mount Akutan, Akutan Island and the Akutan Hot Springs.
* Chevak – from the Cup'ik phrase cev'aq, meaning "cut-through channel".
* Eklutna – from the Dena'ina phrase idluytnu, meaning "river of objects".
** Shared with the Eklutna River and Eklutna Lake.
* Emmonak – from the Yup'ik phrase imangaq, whose English translation is unclear.
* Hoonah – from the Tlingit phrase xunaa, meaning "leeward of the north wind".
* Klawock – from the Tlingit phrase ɬawa:k, the name given to a subgroup of the Tlingit tribe.
* Kotlik – from the Yup'ik phrase qerrulliik, whose English translation is unclear.
* Kwethluk – from the Yup'ik phrase kuiggluk, meaning "unnatural river".
* Noorvik – from the Iñupiaq phrase nuurvik, meaning "a place to move to".
* Nunapitchuk – from the Yup'ik phrase nunapicuar, whose English translation is unclear.
* Quinhagak – from the Yup'ik phrase kuinerraq, meaning "new river channel".
* Savoonga – from the Yup'ik phrase sivungaq, whose English translation is unclear.
* Selawik – from the Iñupiaq phrase siiḷivik, meaning "the place of sheefish".
** Shared with the nearby Selawik Lake.
* Toksook Bay – from the Yup'ik phrase tuqsuk, whose English translation is unclear.
* Unalakleet – from the Iñupiaq phrase uŋalaqłiq, meaning "from the southern side".
* Unalaska – from the Aleut phrase ounalashka, meaning "near the peninsula".
** Shared with Unalaska Island.
* Utqiagvik – from the Iñupiaq word utqiq, meaning "edible root", full name means "place to gather edible roots".
* Wasilla – named after the eponymous Dena'ina chief.

### Bodies of water

* Binnyanaktuk Creek – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "superlatively rugged".
* Iliamna Lake – from the Dena'ina phrase nila vena, meaning "lake of the island".
* Ipnek Creek – from an Iñupiaq word ipnaiq meaning "sheep".
* Kapoon Creek – named after an Inuk resident from Wiseman.
* Karillyukpuk Creek – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "very rugged".
* Kenunga Creek – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "knife edge".
* Kinnorutin Creek – from an Iñupiaq phrase Kinnaurutin meaning "you are crazy".
* Kupuk Creek – named after an Inuk resident from Wiseman.
* Mashooshalluk Creek – from an Iñupiaq word masu meaning "wild potato plant".
* Nutirwik Creek – named after an Inuk hunter.
* Pamichtuk Lake – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "other".
* Pegeeluk Creek – from an Iñupiaq word pigiilaq meaning "not very good".
* Publituk Creek – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "hollow, drumlike sound made when walking on shell ice".
* Shukok Creek – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "rock found on a creek".
* Teshekpuk Lake – from the Iñupiaq phrase tasiqpak, meaning "large lagoon".
* Tobuk Creek – named after an Inuk resident from Alatna.

### Islands

* Aagumchiidalix Island
* Aalikam Tangii Island
* Adugak Island
* Afognak Island
* Agattu Island
* Aiktak Island
* Akun Island
* Amak Island
** Mount Amak
* Amaknak Island
* Amatignak Island
* Amchitka Island
* Amukta Island
** Mount Amukta
* Unalga Island – from the Aleut phrase unalĝa, whose English translation is unclear.
** Shared with another Unalga Island in the Delarof Islands.
* Unga Island – from the Aleut phrase uĝnaasaqax̂, whose English translation is unclear.
* Unimak Island – from the Aleut phrase unimax, whose English translation is unclear.

### Other

* Alapah Mountain – from an Iñupiaq word alappaa meaning "cold".
* Amawk Mountain – from an Iñupiaq word amaġuq meaning "wolf".
* Apoon Mountain – from an Iñupiaq word apun meaning "snow".
* Arrigetch Peaks – from an Iñupiaq word argaich meaning "fingers outstretched".
* Denali, Denali National Park – from Koyukon deenaalee, "the tall one" (with -naał-, "be long/tall").
* Katiktak Mountain – from an Iñupiaq phrase qatiqtaaq meaning "white".
* Kollutuk Mountain – from an Iñupiaq phrase kałuutik meaning "sheep horn dipper".
* Mount Doonerak – from an Iñupiaq phrase tuunġaq meaning "shaman's helping spirit".
* Nahtuk Mountain – from an Iñupiaq phrase naataq meaning "great grey owl".
* Oolah Mountain – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "ulu (scraping tool)".
* Oxadak Mountain – named after an Inuk elder.
* Sukakpak Mountain – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "marten deadfall".