Alaska

See also: alaska

English

A map of the United States of America with the state of Alaska highlighted in red

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).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-lăsʹkə, IPA^(key): /əˈlæs.kə/

• Audio (GA)

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• Hyphenation: A‧las‧ka

Proper noun

Alaska

1. A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Juneau. Postal code: AK, largest city: Anchorage.
   • 1869, George Davidson, Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of Alaska, (First Part,) From Southern Boundary to Cook's Inlet. 1869, page 32f:

     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°.

   • 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:

     Alaska was discovered about a century ago by Russian furhunters[.]

   • 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:

     Alaska's earliest inhabitants were nomadic hunters traveling in small bands. They arrived in interior Alaska at least 13,000 years ago […]

2. Several places in the United States, named for the state or territory.
   1. A township in Beltrami County, Minnesota.
   2. An unincorporated community in Morgan and Owen counties, Indiana.
   3. An unincorporated community in Cibola County, New Mexico.
   4. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
   5. An unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
   6. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
   7. An unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Alaska Day
• Alaska hand
• Alaska-like
• Alaskan
• Alaska pollock
• Alaska roll
• Alaska Standard Time
• Alaska time
• baked Alaska
• Gulf of Alaska
• unAlaskan

 

Translations

US state

• Aleut: Alax̂sxax̂
• Alutiiq: Alas'kaaq
• Arabic: أَلَاسْكَا f (ʔalāskā)

  Egyptian Arabic: الاسكا f

• Armenian: Ալյասկա (hy) (Alyaska)
• Azerbaijani: Alyaska (az)
• Belarusian: Аляска (Aljaska)
• Bulgarian: Аляска (bg) f (Aljaska)
• Catalan: Alaska f
• Cherokee: ᎠᎳᏍᎦ (alasga)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿拉斯加州 (zh) (Ālāsījiā zhōu)

• Czech: Aljaška (cs) f
• Danish: Alaska
• Dutch: Alaska (nl)
• Esperanto: Alasko
• Estonian: Alaska (et)
• Faroese: Alaska n
• Finnish: Alaska (fi)
• French: Alaska (fr) m
• Galician: Alasca (gl)
• Georgian: ალასკა (alasḳa)
• German: Alaska (de)
• Greek: Αλάσκα (el) f (Aláska)
• Hawaiian: ʻĀlaka
• Hebrew: אלסקה (he) (aláska)
• Hindi: अलास्का m (alāskā)
• Hungarian: Alaszka (hu)
• Icelandic: Alaska (is) n
• Indonesian: Alaska
• Inuktitut: ᐊᓛᓯᑲ (alaasika)
• Inupiaq: Alaska, Alaskaq, Alaasikaq
• Irish: Alasca
• Italian: Alaska (it) f, Alasca f
• Japanese: アラスカ州 (Arasuka-shū)
• Kannada: ಅಲಾಸ್ಕ (alāska)
• Kashmiri: अलास्‍का (alās‍kā)
• Khmer: អាឡាស្កា (ʼaalaaskaa)
• Korean: 알래스카 (Allaeseuka), 알라스카 (Allaseuka) (North Korea)
• Lakota: Osní Makȟóčhe (literally “cold land”)
• Lao: ອາລາສກາ (ʼā lāt kā)
• Latin: Alasca f
• Latvian: Aļaska
• Lithuanian: Aliaska
• Macedonian: Алјаска f (Aljaska)
• Malay: Alaska
• Maltese: l-Alaska
• Marathi: अलास्‍का m (alās‍kā)
• Navajo: Hakʼaz Dineʼé Bikéyah
• Northern Sami: Alaska
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Alaska (no)

  Nynorsk: Alaska

• Occitan: Alaska (oc) f, Alasca f
• Ossetian: Аляскӕ (Aljaskæ)
• Persian: آلاسکا (fa) (âlâskâ)
• Polish: Alaska (pl) f
• Portuguese: Alasca (pt) m
• Romanian: Alaska (ro) f
• Russian: Аля́ска (ru) f (Aljáska)
• Sanskrit: अलास्‍का (alās‍kā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: А̀љаска f

  Roman: Àljaska (sh) f

• Slovak: Aljaška (sk) f
• Slovene: Aljáska (sl) f
• Spanish: Alaska (es) f
• Swedish: Alaska (sv)
• Tagalog: Alaska
• Thai: อะแลสกา (à-lɛ́ɛs-gâa)
• Tlingit: Anáaski
• Turkish: Alaska (tr)
• Ukrainian: Аляска f (Aljaska)
• Uyghur: ئالياسكا (alyaska)
• Vietnamese: Alaska, A-lát-xca
• Volapük: Lalaskän (vo)
• Yiddish: אַלאַסקאַ (alaska)
• Yup'ik: Alaska

Noun

Alaska (plural Alaskas)

2. Ellipsis of baked Alaska.
   • 1879 December 5, George Augustus [Henry] Sala, “Fashion and Food in New York”, in America Revisited: From the Bay of New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Lake Michigan to the Pacific., volume I, London: Vizetelly & Co., 42, Catherine Street, Strand, published 1882, →OCLC; 3nd edition, London: Vizetelly & Co., 42, Catherine Street, Strand, 1883, →OCLC, page 90:

     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 the entremet is an ice cream. This is surrounded by an envelope of carefully whipped cream, which, just before the dainty dish is served, is popped into the oven, or is brought under the scorching influence of a red hot salamander; so that its surface is covered with a light brown crust. So you go on discussing the warm cream soufflé till you come, with somewhat painful suddenness, on the row of ice.

   • 2006 July, “Ice Cream: Some Great Stops, from Parlors to Gelaterias”, in Rebecca Burns, editor, Atlanta, volume 46, number 3, Atlanta, Ga., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 80:

     Preparing the dessert, Dunlap pours a shallow pool of crème anglaise into a dish and adds an Alaska. Next he pours half Bacardi 151 rum ("this one's not for drinking," he warns) and half root beer schnapps into a sauceboat. It's show time! […] We dip the spoon into the Bacardi/schnapps mixture, and heat the spoon's base with a mini torch. When the spoon goes back into the sauceboat, its contents ignite immediately. Yikes! Next, with our left hand, we pick up a long knife and place the tip firmly into the meringue-covered Alaska. Then, with our right, we pick up the flaming rum- and schnapps-filled sauceboat and pour it down the side of the knife. We gape as flaming liquid hits the dessert and encases it in flames. Oooh! Ahhh!

Alternative forms

• alaska

Further reading

• Alaska on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• kalasa

Catalan

Proper noun

Alaska f

1. Alaska (a state of the United States)
2. Alaska Peninsula

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alaska.

Proper noun

Alaska (genitive Alaskas)

1. Alaska (a state of the United States)

Faroese

Etymology

From English Alaska, from Aleut alaxsxaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlaska/

Proper noun

Alaska n

1. Alaska (a state of the United States)

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Alaska
Accusative	Alaska
Dative	Alaska
Genitive	Alaska

Derived terms

• alaskalupin

Finnish

Etymology

From English Alaska.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɑskɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lɑ̝s̠kɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑskɑ
• Syllabification^(key): A‧las‧ka

Proper noun

Alaska

1. Alaska (a state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Alaska (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Alaska	—
genitive		Alaskan	—
partitive		Alaskaa	—
illative		Alaskaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Alaska	—
accusative	nom.	Alaska	—
	gen.	Alaskan
genitive		Alaskan	—
partitive		Alaskaa	—
inessive		Alaskassa	—
elative		Alaskasta	—
illative		Alaskaan	—
adessive		Alaskalla	—
ablative		Alaskalta	—
allative		Alaskalle	—
essive		Alaskana	—
translative		Alaskaksi	—
abessive		Alaskatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Alaska (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Alaskani — accusative nom. Alaskani — gen. Alaskani genitive Alaskani — partitive Alaskaani — inessive Alaskassani — elative Alaskastani — illative Alaskaani — adessive Alaskallani — ablative Alaskaltani — allative Alaskalleni — essive Alaskanani — translative Alaskakseni — abessive Alaskattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Alaskasi — accusative nom. Alaskasi — gen. Alaskasi genitive Alaskasi — partitive Alaskaasi — inessive Alaskassasi — elative Alaskastasi — illative Alaskaasi — adessive Alaskallasi — ablative Alaskaltasi — allative Alaskallesi — essive Alaskanasi — translative Alaskaksesi — abessive Alaskattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Alaskamme — accusative nom. Alaskamme — gen. Alaskamme genitive Alaskamme — partitive Alaskaamme — inessive Alaskassamme — elative Alaskastamme — illative Alaskaamme — adessive Alaskallamme — ablative Alaskaltamme — allative Alaskallemme — essive Alaskanamme — translative Alaskaksemme — abessive Alaskattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Alaskanne — accusative nom. Alaskanne — gen. Alaskanne genitive Alaskanne — partitive Alaskaanne — inessive Alaskassanne — elative Alaskastanne — illative Alaskaanne — adessive Alaskallanne — ablative Alaskaltanne — allative Alaskallenne — essive Alaskananne — translative Alaskaksenne — abessive Alaskattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Alaskansa — accusative nom. Alaskansa — gen. Alaskansa genitive Alaskansa — partitive Alaskaansa — inessive Alaskassaan Alaskassansa — elative Alaskastaan Alaskastansa — illative Alaskaansa — adessive Alaskallaan Alaskallansa — ablative Alaskaltaan Alaskaltansa — allative Alaskalleen Alaskallensa — essive Alaskanaan Alaskanansa — translative Alaskakseen Alaskaksensa — abessive Alaskattaan Alaskattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• alaskalainen

 

compounds

• alaskanhusky
• alaskanjupik
• alaskankarikukko
• alaskanmalamuutti
• alaskanmurmeli
• alaskanpiiskujänis
• alaskanpika
• alaskanpäästäinen

 

Anagrams

• Sakala, skaala

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alaska, ultimately from Aleut alaxsxaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.las.ka/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Alaska m

1. Alaska (a state of the United States)

   Demain soir, je vais en’Alaska rendre visite à mon cousin.

   Tomorrow evening, I'm going to Alaska to visit my cousin.

Usage notes

Although l'Alaska is a masculine state that starts with a vowel, when describing location, only en is used; dans l’ cannot be used.

Derived terms

• alaskain, alaskaine
• Alaskain, Alaskaine

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alaska, from Aleut alaxsxaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlaska/, [ʔäˈläs.kä], [ʔɐˈläs.kɐ]

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Alaska n (proper noun, genitive Alaskas or (optionally with an article) Alaska)

1. Alaska (a state of the United States)
2. the Alaska peninsula

   

Synonyms

• Alaschka

Icelandic

Etymology

From English Alaska, from Aleut alaxsxaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːlaska/

Proper noun

Alaska n

1. Alaska (a state of the United States)

Declension

declension of Alaska

n-w	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Alaska
accusative	Alaska
dative	Alaska
genitive	Alaska

Derived terms

• alaskaepli
• alaskalúpína
• alaskasýprus
• alaskavíðir
• alaskayllir
• alaskaösp

Italian

Proper noun

Alaska f

1. Alternative spelling of Alasca

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Alaska

1. Alaska (a state of the United States)

Related terms

• alasker
• alaskisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Alaska

1. Alaska (a state of the United States)

Related terms

• alaskar
• alaskisk

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alaska, from Aleut alaxsxaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlas.ka/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aska
• Syllabification: A‧las‧ka

Proper noun

Alaska f

1. Alaska (a state of the United States)

   Mieszkam na Alasce. ― I live in Alaska.

Declension

Declension of Alaska

	singular
nominative	Alaska
genitive	Alaski
dative	Alasce
accusative	Alaskę
instrumental	Alaską
locative	Alasce
vocative	Alasko

Derived terms

adjectives

• alaski
• alaskijski

 

nouns

• Alaskanin
• Alaskanka
• Alaskijczyk
• Alaskijka

 

Further reading

• Alaska in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Alaska.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlas.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlas.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈlaʃ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlas.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlaʃ.kɐ/

Proper noun

Alaska m

1. Alternative spelling of Alasca

Romanian

Proper noun

Alaska f

1. Alaska (a state of the United States)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alaska, ultimately from Aleut alaxsxaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlaska/ [aˈlas.ka]
• Rhymes: -aska
• Syllabification: A‧las‧ka

Proper noun

Alaska f

1. Alaska (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

• alasquense, alaskeño, alasqueño
• malamute de Alaska

See also

• Alaska on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alaska. From Aleut alaxsxaq (“that toward which the action of the sea is directed”).

Proper noun

Alaska n (genitive Alaskas)

1. Alaska (a state of the United States)

Related terms

• alaskier c (“person from Alaska”)
• alaskisk (“Alaskian”, adjective)

Anagrams

• kalasa

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alaska.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlaska/, [ʔɐˈlas.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -aska
• Homophone: alaska
• Syllabification: A‧las‧ka

Proper noun

Alaska (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜐ᜔ᜃ)

1. Alaska (a state of the United States)