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👤 A family name 🏙️ A city in Alaska
Fairbanks

Fairbanks

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A city in central Alaska known for very cold winters and the northern lights
  • proper noun
  • /ˈfɛrˌbæŋks/
: Fairbanks
  • A few years ago, my husband and I rode the Discovery Riverboat on the Chena River near Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Fairbanks, Alaska
  • University of Alaska, Fairbanks

So I go up to Fairbanks, AK and that's, that was my first assignment.

Examples

  • In the winter, temperatures in Fairbanks often drop below freezing, making it one of the coldest cities in the United States.

  • I got a car waiting to take me to Fairbanks.

    Mystery, Alaska (1999)

  • Say uh, pal, how much does it cost to drive to Fairbanks, Alaska?

    The Joker is Wild (1957)

  • In three days, I am flying to California with a refueling in Fairbanks.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • John Byers was hospitalized in Fairbanks today for an infection in an abscessed tooth.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • On the Delta River plain southeast of Fairbanks, dust claws the clean skies in clouds reminiscent of Dust Bowl ballads.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Born of an Argentine mother in Fairbanks, Alaska, Kevin Johansen has spent his life shuttling between two hemispheric extremes.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Many tourists visit Fairbanks to experience the Northern Lights and explore the Alaskan wilderness.

  • The annual Ice Sculpture Festival in Fairbanks attracts artists and visitors from all over the world.

Surface Forms

Fairbanks main

Etymology

Fairbanks for the Alaskan city was named after a U.S. politician with the surname Fairbanks. The family name Fairbanks comes from old English parts fair ('beautiful' or 'light') and bank ('river bank'), so it originally meant someone who lived by a 'beautiful bank'.