Alaska
German (Berlin)
/aˈlaska/
proper noun
Definitions
- Alaska (state in USA)
- the Alaska peninsula of Alaska Peninsula Volcanoes.right
Etymology
Borrowed from English Alaska derived from Aleut alaxsxaq (that toward which the action of the sea is directed).
Origin
Aleut
alaxsxaq
Gloss
that toward which the action of the sea is directed
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Alaska English
- Alaska Peninsula English
- Alaska-like English
- Alaskan English
- Alaskan Panhandle English
- Alaskana English
- Alaska Finnish
- Alasca Italian
- Аля́ска Russian
- Аляска, Аля́ска Russian
- Alaska Swedish
- アラスカ Japanese
- Alaska Polish
- Alaska Danish
- Alaska Icelandic
- अलास्का Hindi
- อะแลสกา Thai
- Αλάσκα Greek (modern)
- Alaska Faroese
- אלסקה Hebrew (modern)
- আলাস্কা Assamese
- Aļajka Marshallese
- alaxsxaq Aleut