Unalaskan

Unalaskan adjective: pertaining to or typical of Unalaska.

Adjective (1)

Unalaskan (comparative more Unalaskan, superlative most Unalaskan)

Pertaining to or typical of Unalaska
- The weary sojourner sustains life mostly on "canned goods," and a combination of Unalaskan winter with this variety of nutriment is sufficient to make a man impatient with liquor, or employ one of the other means by which consciousness of misfortune is blunted.1894, The United Service, page 224
- Like the processing industry, the Unalaskan fishing fleet is dominated by outsiders.1985, Lawrence A. Palinkas, Bruce Murray Harris, John S. Petterson, A systems approach to social impact assessment: two Alaskan case studies

Unalaskan (plural Unalaskans)

A native of Unalaska.
- Virtually all of the resources that Unalaskans desire can be found within the Unalaska Bay area, and travel outside the Bay is much more difficult and dangerous than travel within it.1988, U.S. Fish, Wildlife Service. Region 7, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
- The problem surfaced in 1988 when Unalaska was left off a federal roll of recognized tribal entities, much to the surprise of Unalaskans.1991, Impact Assessment, Inc, Regulatory Impact/initial Flexibility Analysis of Proposed Inshore/Offshore Amendment Proposal, page 68

Unalaskan

The eastern dialect of Inuktitut.
- There are three Aleut languages which, from west to east, are: Attuan, Atkan and Unalaskan. On the whole, the Atkan leans on the Unalaskan and goes with it. Unalaskan with comparatively little variation includes the Aleut subdialects of the Alaska Peninsula of the mainland.1947, Charles Frederick Voegelin, International Journal of American Linguistics - Volume 13, page 198
- Proficient in Church Slavonic (necessary for the psalomshchik), fluent and literate in both Unalaskan Aleut and in Russian, conversant also in English, and an Aleut-Russian himself, he wrote this lengthy letter, and others published in the same collection, in the Unalaskan Aleut language.1990, Inuit Studies: - Volumes 14-16, page 197

unAlaskan (comparative more unAlaskan, superlative most unAlaskan)

Not characteristic of or appropriate to Alaska.
- Who was talking?. From where did that un-Alaskan sound proceed?1904, Travel - Volume 6, page 347
- The further fact that almost the only articulate opposition to statehood within Alaska came from representatives of or persons closely associated with absentee business interests which are the traditional betes noires in any colonial area, presented an opportunity for branding even mild questioning...1970, George W. Rogers, The Future of Alaska, page 169

When an Unalaskan came on board the Spanish vessel, he 'made the sign of the cross and said he was a Christian'.2014, John Gascoigne, Encountering the Pacific in the Age of the Enlightenment, →ISBN:
When Menovščikov described the Unalaskan form (in JaNSSSR, vol.2013, George L. Campbell, Gareth King, Compendium of the World's Languages, →ISBN:

From Unalaska + -n.

From un- + Alaskan.

What does Unalaskan mean?: Unalaskan means pertaining to or typical of Unalaska.
How do you use Unalaskan in a sentence?: When an Unalaskan came on board the Spanish vessel, he 'made the sign of the cross and said he was a Christian'.
What part of speech is Unalaskan?: Unalaskan can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

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