Alaska
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ə-lăsʹkə
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).
Senses: examples: text: 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°.
ref: 1869, George Davidson, Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of Alaska, (First Part,) From Southern Boundary to Cook's Inlet. 1869, page 32f:
text: Alaska was discovered about a century ago by Russian furhunters[.]
ref: 1875, A History of the Wrongs of Alaska. An Appeal to the People and Press of America. Printed by Order of the Anti-Monopoly Association of the Pacific Coast. February, 1875, page 3:
text: Alaska's earliest inhabitants were nomadic hunters traveling in small bands. They arrived in interior Alaska at least 13,000 years ago […]
ref: 2004, Transformation of the U.S. Army Alaska: Final Environmental Impact Statement. Volume 1. Prepared For: United States Army Alaska Department of the Army. Prepared By: Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado, pages 3–108:
text: 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.
ref: 2015 June 6, Catherine Bennett, “Oh, why don’t we boycott boycotts? They are pointless”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Juneau. Largest city: Anchorage. Postal code: AK.
glosses: A peninsula in southwest Alaska, United States, in full the Alaska Peninsula.
glosses: Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory.
A township in Beltrami County, Minnesota.
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An unincorporated community in Morgan and Owen counties, Indiana.
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An unincorporated community in Cibola County, New Mexico.
glosses: Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory.
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory.
An unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory.
An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
glosses: Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory.
An unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A barangay of Aringay, La Union, Philippines.
Derived terms: Alaska blackfish
Alaska Day
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 time
baked Alaska
Gulf of Alaska
unAlaskan