Word Explorer
Children's Dictionary
Help
Help
Help
 
   
Lookup History
Alaska

A·las·ka

Alaska

 
pronunciation:
lae sk
features:
Word History
part of speech: noun
definition: a state of the United States on the northwestern coast of North America. Its capital is Juneau. (abbreviated: AK)
 
derivations: Alaskan (adj.), Alaskan (n.)
Word History
Alaska is the English spelling of an Aleut word that means "great land."