ALASKAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alaskan mean? 

• ALASKAN (noun)
  The noun ALASKAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or resident of Alaska

  Familiarity information: ALASKAN used as a noun is very rare.

• ALASKAN (adjective)
  The adjective ALASKAN has 1 sense:

1. relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska

  Familiarity information: ALASKAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALASKAN (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)

• ALASKAN (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)

 Context examples 

The Alaskan Malamute is a large, strong dog with a thick, coarse double coat and a plumed tail held over the back.

(Alaskan Malamute, NCI Thesaurus)

For example, infants learning an "ABA" pattern might see a picture of an Alaskan malamute (A) followed by a picture of a German shepherd (B), and finally another Alaskan malamute (A).

(Infants Are Able to Learn Abstract Rules Visually, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The concept refers to population subgroups such as Eskimos, Aleuts, Inupiat, Yupik, Alutiiq, Egegik,and Pribilovian, Alaskan Athabascan, Tlingit, and Haida.

(Alaska Native, NCI Thesaurus)

That winter, at Dawson, Buck performed another exploit, not so heroic, perhaps, but one that put his name many notches higher on the totem-pole of Alaskan fame.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

But his obeying the ordinary driving commands of the Alaskan trail is no demonstration that he is yours. Any dog in Alaska would obey you as he obeyed.

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

I remember Winters, a newspaper fellow with an Alaskan and Siberian reputation.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

AIDS related research with a minimum of 20% (or $100,000) relevance to individuals who are Asian/Pacific Islanders or Native Americans, including American Indians, Alaskan Natives, and Hawaiian Natives.

(AIDS, Other Minorities, NCI Thesaurus)

Despite large temperature increases in Alaska in recent decades, a new analysis of NASA airborne data finds that methane is not being released from Alaskan soils into the atmosphere at unusually high rates, as recent modeling and experimental studies have suggested.

(Alaska Shows No Signs of Rising Arctic Methane, NASA)

Rising temperatures in the tundra of northern latitudes could affect microbial communities in ways likely to increase their production of the greenhouse gases methane and carbon dioxide, a new study of experimentally warmed Alaskan soil suggests.

(Rising tundra temperatures lead to changes in microbial communities, National Science Foundation)

The brief Alaskan summer protracted itself beyond its usual length, and they took advantage of the opportunity, delaying their return to Skaguay to the last moment.

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