Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unalaska

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables: un-alas-ka
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A volcanic island in the Aleutian Islands, an archipelago owned by the US state of Alaska.

name

A city and largest settlement on this island.

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Russian Унала́шка (Unaláška), an adapted borrowing of Aleut Nawan-Alaxsxa, the native name for the island.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Унала́шка

Derived Forms

Unalaskan

Questions

What does unalaska mean?: A volcanic island in the Aleutian Islands, an archipelago owned by the US state of Alaska.
Where does unalaska come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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