alaska

Other forms of alaska

plural

alaskas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about alaska

What does alaska mean?

alaska means "a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union".

How many syllables are in alaska?

alaska has 3 syllables: a-las-ka. The stress falls on "las". In IPA it is /əˈlæskə/.

What is another word for alaska?

Close synonyms include Last Frontier, AK. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alaska a common word?

alaska is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.