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Alaska - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Alaska

[ 3 syll. a-las-ka, al-a-ska ] The girl name Alaska is pronounced ahLAESKah KEY. Alaska's origin is Eskimo-Aleut, and its use, English. The name's meaning is 'the great land'.

Alaska is unusual as a baby name for girls. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Alaska include Alaisa (English), Alaqua, Alecia (English), Aleeza (English and Hebrew), Aleka (Greek and Spanish), Alekko (Slavic), Aleksey (Russian and Slavic), Aleksi (Slavic), Alesha (Russian and English), Aleshia (English), Aleska (Polish), Alessa (Italian), Aletia (Hawaiian), Alexa (English, German, Hungarian, and Spanish), Alexi (English), Alexie (English and German), Alexiou (Greek), Alexis (English, German, and Spanish), Alica (Czech, Slavic, and English), and Alicia (English, Latinized, Spanish, and Scandinavian).

KEY: Pronunciation for Alaska: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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Meaning of Alaska