Alaskan
- adjective
- /əˈlæskən/
- The Alaskan landscape is known for its stunning natural beauty and unique wildlife.
- an Alaskan native
- Alaskan natives
- Alaskan pipeline
Kara is the president and CEO of the Alaskan Oil and Gas Association.
- Kara is the president and CEO of the Alaskan Oil and Gas Association.
- Crave is about a seemingly human Grace's transition into an Alaskan elite paranormal school.
- I don't know where this is, but I think it's like, I want to say Alaskan, but I'm probably making that shit up.
Examples
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Kara is the president and CEO of the Alaskan Oil and Gas Association.
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For example, some native Alaskan students will not say "yes," but will instead simply raise their eyebrows.
Academic text (1993) -
You know, just being that Alaskan mountain man we know and love.
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On your great Alaskan adventure.
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Altogether, the Alaskan Arctic coast appears to hold at least 27 billion barrels of oil.
Academic text (2008) -
But when you've been around for a few interior Alaskan winters, you know that fifty below is something different.
Fiction book (2002) -
You've never had a Christmas till you've had an Alaskan Christmas.
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The dust was transported to the Alaskan Arctic by an unusual configuration of air currents.
Academic text (1992) -
I got a cousin who hauls traps on one of those Alaskan crab boats.
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My dog is purebred Alaskan Klee Kai.
Compounds
A very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska with a spiny shell and sweet meat
A very large brown bear that lives on the coasts of Alaska and British Columbia
The sweet meat from the legs of a very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska
A person from the original communities who lived in Alaska or whose family comes from them
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Alaskan comes from Alaska, and that name comes from an Aleut word alaxsxaq meaning 'the mainland' or 'great land'. So, an Alaskan thing is something from that land.