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It is derived from the Aleut native word alaxsxaq meaning mainland.
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What is the toponym of Alaska?
Alaska is the toponym or place name of the state of Alaska.
What is Alaska's official name?
Alaska's official name is Alaska. (The name "Alaska" (Аляска) was introduced in the Russian colonial period, and it's derived from the Aleut alaxsxaq, meaning "the mainland" It is also known as Alyeska, the "great land", an Aleut word derived from the same root.)
What does Alaska mean?
The name Alaska is taken from the Yupik word "Alyeska," meaning "great land" or "that which the sea breaks against".
Name an Archipelago off the coast of Alaska?
The Aleutian Islands.
Seward's folly was a name given to the?
America's purchase of Alaska The purchase of Alaska Sec. of State Seward from Russia. It was thought that there was lillte to nothing in Alaska to warrent the purchase. Discoveries of gold and oil have shown his detracters wrong.
What is the toponym of Alaska?
Alaska is the toponym or place name of the state of Alaska.
What is the name of the western coast of Alaska?
Alaska
What is the name of a zoo in Alaska?
Alaska zoo
What is the name of the gulf south of Alaska?
Gulf of Alaska
What is the birth name of Alaska Jack?
Alaska Jack's birth name is John Giniva.
What is the name of Alaska's currencies name?
Alaska is part of the U.S.A. therefor uses the American Dollar
Can you name the gulf that is just south of Alaska?
The Gulf of Alaska
Name a gulf that is just south of Alaska?
the gulf of Alaska
What is the name of the gulf just under Alaska?
Gulf of Alaska
What is the name of the gulf just south of Alaska?
It is the gulf of Alaska
What the name of the gulf that is just south of Alaska?
the gulf of Alaska
What is the name of Alaska's capitol building?
The name of Alaska's capital building is called the Federal and territorial building.
