alaska

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Alaska^¹

/əˈlæskə/
[əˈlæskə]
/əˈlæs.kə/
[əˈlæs.kʰə]

Where it comes from

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).

proper noun

A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Juneau. Largest city: Anchorage. Postal code: AK. 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°.
A peninsula in southwest Alaska, United States, in full the Alaska Peninsula.
A township in Beltrami County, Minnesota.
An unincorporated community in Morgan and Owen counties, Indiana.
An unincorporated community in Cibola County, New Mexico.
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
An unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
An unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
A barangay of Aringay, La Union, Philippines.

noun Alaskas · alaska

abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of baked Alaska I dined at Delmonico's hard by the Fifth-avenue Hotel, a few nights ago; and among the dainties which that consummate caterer favoured us with, was an entremet called an "Alaska." The "Alaska" is a baked ice. A beau mentir qui vient de loin; but this is no traveller's tale. The nucleus or core of th

alaska^²

noun alaskas

Alternative letter-case form of Alaska (“baked Alaska”).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: last frontier, barcelona, alaskan, strait, bingo, ala, pain, natives, denali, alyeska, ak, northland, arctica, beringia, northernmost, icebound

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name US state

Español	Alaska
한국어	알래스카 Allaeseuka
日本語	アラスカ州 Arasuka-shū
中文	阿拉斯加州 Ālāsījiā zhōu
हिन्दी	अलास्का alāskā
Português	Alasca
Français	Alaska
Deutsch	Alaska
Italiano	Alaska, Alasca
Ελληνικά	Αλάσκα Aláska
Română	Alaska
Русский	Аля́ска Aljáska
Tiếng Việt	Alaska, A-lát-xca
العربية	أَلَاسْكَا ʔalāskā
עברית	אלסקה aláska

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@misc{alaska_2026,
  title = {alaska},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alaska},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}