Alaska

[uh-las-kuh] / əˈlæs kə /

NOUN

u.s. state

Synonyms

WEAK

America's Icebox Seward's Folly the 49th state the Klondike the Last Frontier the frozen North

Example Sentences

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“This guy came all the way from Alaska to get raw milk!”

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

Air travel, while still awful, may improve as airlines like United, Alaska and Southwest roll out Starlink Wi-Fi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

Sentinel-1 revisits the same location every 12 days and covers more than 3,000 glaciers across Alaska.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

Travel agent Alston Causey’s top choice for a domestic trip that feels international is Alaska, and he recommends cruising as the best way to tour the state.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

At first, glaciers blocked the way from Alaska to the rest of America, allowing no more than perhaps a few isolated pioneers to investigate the lands further south.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari