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# alaskan

adjective (Alaskan); noun (an Alaskan, Alaskans)

«alaskan» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. adjective: From or about Alaska, the largest state of the USA, in the far north-west of North America. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alaskan/#m1)
2. noun: A person who lives in or comes from Alaska. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alaskan/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in geography lessons and nature stories: Alaskan bears, salmon, glaciers, the Alaskan Malamute dog. Phrases: «Alaskan wilderness», «Alaskan Malamute».

### Examples

- Alaskan winters are long and dark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alaskan/#x1)
- The Alaskan brown bear catches salmon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alaskan/#x2)
- An Alaskan Malamute pulled the sled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alaskan/#x3)
- My pen pal is an Alaskan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alaskan/#x4)
- Alaskan glaciers are melting faster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alaskan/#x5)
- Many Alaskan towns can only be reached by plane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alaskan/#x6)

### Note

Always a capital A: Alaskan. Alaska became a US state in 1959; the USA bought it from Russia in 1867.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «alaskan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alaskan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«alaskan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/alaskan.html) on Mova free.