List of Alaska placenames of Native American origin

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The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions of Alaska whose names are derived from Native American languages.

Contents

Listings

Boroughs and census areas

Settlements

  • Adak – from the Aleut phrase adaax, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Alakanuk – from the Yupik phrase alakanuk, meaning "wrong way".
  • Akutan – from the Aleut phrase achan-ingiiga, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Atka – from the Aleut phrase atxax, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Chevak – from the Cup'ik phrase cev'aq, meaning "cut-through channel".
  • Eklutna – from the Dena'ina phrase idluytnu, meaning "river of objects".
  • Emmonak – from the Yup'ik phrase imangaq, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Hoonah – from the Tlingit phrase xunaa, meaning "leeward of the north wind".
  • Klawock – from the Tlingit phrase ɬawa:k, the name given to a subgroup of the Tlingit tribe.
  • Kotlik – from the Yup'ik phrase qerrulliik, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Kwethluk – from the Yup'ik phrase kuiggluk, meaning "unnatural river".
  • Noorvik – from the Iñupiaq phrase nuurvik, meaning "a place to move to".
  • Nunapitchuk – from the Yup'ik phrase nunapicuar, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Quinhagak – from the Yup'ik phrase kuinerraq, meaning "new river channel".
  • Savoonga – from the Yup'ik phrase sivungaq, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Selawik – from the Iñupiaq phrase siiḷivik, meaning "the place of sheefish".
  • Toksook Bay – from the Yup'ik phrase tuqsuk, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Unalakleet – from the Iñupiaq phrase uŋalaqłiq, meaning "from the southern side".
  • Unalaska – from the Aleut phrase ounalashka, meaning "near the peninsula".
  • Utqiagvik – from the Iñupiaq word utqiq, meaning "edible root", full name means "place to gather edible roots".
  • Wasilla – named after the eponymous Dena'ina chief.

Bodies of water

Islands

Other

See also

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Bright (2004), p. 134.

Sources

  • Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN   080613576X.
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