alaska

Syllables: A·las·ka/əˈlæs.kə/

alaska is the alternative letter-case form of Alaska.

Proper noun capitalized: Alaska

Alaska

A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Juneau. Largest city: Anchorage. Postal code: AK.
- 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°.1869, George Davidson, Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of Alaska, (First Part,) From Southern Boundary to Cook's Inlet. 1869, page 32f
- Alaska was discovered about a century ago by Russian furhunters[.]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
A peninsula in southwest Alaska, United States, in full the Alaska Peninsula.
A township in Beltrami County, Minnesota.
An unincorporated community in Morgan and Owen counties, Indiana.
An unincorporated community in Cibola County, New Mexico.
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
An unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
An unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
A barangay of Aringay, La Union, Philippines.

Noun capitalized: Alaska

Alaska (plural Alaskas)

(abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of baked Alaska.
- 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...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...
- 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...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

Forms of alaska

plural	alaskas
plural	Alaskas
alternative form	alaska

Origin of alaska

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 with alaska

Questions about alaska

What does alaska mean?: Alaska means a state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Juneau. Largest city: Anchorage. Postal code: AK.
What is alaska the alternative letter-case form of?: Alaska is the alternative letter-case form of Alaska.
What part of speech is alaska?: Alaska can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce alaska?: Alaska is pronounced /əˈlæs.kə/.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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