Alaska
English
/əˈlæs.kə/
proper noun
Definitions
- Postal code: AK, capital: Juneau, largest city: Anchorage.
Etymology
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 Peninsula English
- Alaska-like English
- Alaskan English
- Alaskan Panhandle English
- Alaskana English
- Alaskanization English
- Alaskanize English
- panhandle English
- peninsula English
- unAlaskan English
- Alaska Finnish
- alaskalainen Finnish
- alaskanhusky Finnish
- alaskanjupik Finnish
- alaskanpiiskujänis Finnish
- Alaska German
- Alasca Italian
- Аля́ска Russian
- Аляска, Аля́ска Russian
- Alaska Swedish
- alaskier Swedish
- アラスカ Japanese
- Alaska Polish
- Alaska Danish
- Alaska Icelandic
- alaskavíðir Icelandic
- alaskaösp Icelandic
- अलास्का Hindi
- อะแลสกา Thai
- Αλάσκα Greek (modern)
- Alaska Faroese
- אלסקה Hebrew (modern)
- আলাস্কা Assamese
- Aļajka Marshallese
- alaxsxaq Aleut