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Alaska

UK/əˈlæs.kə/ US/ʌˈlæskʌ/ fairly common

noun

1.

a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union

  • “Alaska is the largest state in the United States”
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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).

Phrases

  • Alaska blackfish
  • Alaska Day
  • Alaska Daylight Time
  • Alaska hand
  • Alaska Panhandle
  • Alaska-Hawaii Time
  • Alaskan English
  • Alaskan King

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