Alaska
See also: alaska
English
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Etymology
From Aleut alaxsxaq (“that toward which the action of the sea is directed”).[1] Commonly misattributed to Russian ала (ala) + -ский (-skij, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alaska
- The 49th state of the United States of America. Postal code: AK, capital: Juneau, largest city: Anchorage.
- 1869, George Davidson, Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of Alaska, (First Part,) From Southern Boundary to Cook's Inlet. 1869, p. 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, p. 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, p. 3-108:
- Alaska's earliest inhabitants were nomadic hunters traveling in small bands. They arrived in interior Alaska at least 13,000 years ago […]
- 1869, George Davidson, Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of Alaska, (First Part,) From Southern Boundary to Cook's Inlet. 1869, p. 32f.:
Derived terms
Translations
US state
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Noun
Alaska (plural Alaskas)
- 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!
- 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:
Alternative forms
See also
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Alaska”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
Anagrams
Catalan
Proper noun
Alaska f
- Alaska (a state of the United States)
- Alaska Peninsula
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Alaska (genitive Alaskas)
- Alaska (a state of the United States)
Faroese
Etymology
From English Alaska, from Aleut alaxsxaq.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alaska n
- Alaska (a state of the United States)
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Alaska |
Accusative | Alaska |
Dative | Alaska |
Genitive | Alaska |
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alaska
- Alaska (a state of the United States)
Declension
Inflection of Alaska (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
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Anagrams
German
Etymology
From English Alaska, from Aleut alaxsxaq.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alaska n (proper noun, strong, genitive Alaskas)
- Alaska (a state of the United States)
- the Alaska peninsula
Synonyms
Icelandic
Etymology
From English Alaska, from Aleut alaxsxaq.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alaska n
- Alaska (a state of the United States)
Declension
declension of Alaska
n-w | singular | |
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indefinite | ||
nominative | Alaska | |
accusative | Alaska | |
dative | Alaska | |
genitive | Alaska |
Derived terms
Italian
Proper noun
Alaska f
- Alternative spelling of Alasca
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Alaska
- Alaska (a state of the United States)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Alaska
- Alaska (a state of the United States)
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alaska f
- Alaska (a state of the United States)
- Mieszkam na Alasce. ― I live in Alaska.
Declension
Declension of Alaska
Derived terms
- Alaskanin m, Alaskanka f
- (rare: Alaskijczyk, Alaskijka)
- adjective: alaski (rare: alaskijski)
Further reading
Portuguese
Proper noun
Alaska m
- Alternative spelling of Alasca
Romanian
Proper noun
Alaska f
- Alaska (a state of the United States)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alaska f
- Alaska (a state of the United States)
Related terms
See also
Alaska on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Swedish
Proper noun
Alaska
- Alaska (a state of the United States)
Anagrams
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- en:Alaska, USA
- en:Peninsulas
- en:States of the United States
- Catalan lemmas
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- Catalan terms spelled with K
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- ca:Alaska, USA
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- fo:Alaska, USA
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- fi:Alaska, USA
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- de:Alaska, USA
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- is:Alaska, USA
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- nb:Alaska, USA
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- nn:Alaska, USA
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- ro:Alaska, USA
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- es:Alaska, USA
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- sv:Alaska, USA
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