Library / English Dictionary

ALASKAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or resident of Alaska

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Alaskan" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Alaskan"):

Alaska Native; Alaskan Native; Native Alaskan (a member or descendant of any of the aboriginal peoples of Alaska)

Derivation:

Alaskan (relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Alaska (a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union)

Alaskan (a native or resident of Alaska)

Derivation:

Alaska (a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union)

Alaskan (a native or resident of Alaska)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Besides, he looked like the photographs of the Alaskan dogs they saw published in magazines and newspapers.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The dogs had been fed, the supper dishes washed, the beds made, and we were now enjoying that most delicious hour that comes each day, and but once each day, on the Alaskan trail, the hour when nothing intervenes between the tired body and bed save the smoking of the evening pipe.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)