Relating to or coming from Alaska, the largest state in the United States located in the far northwest of North America.
From 'Alaska' (from Aleut or Tlingit languages, meaning 'great land'), plus the suffix '-an.' The place name was used by Russian colonial administrators.
Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million, which people called 'Seward's Folly' because they thought it was worthless—but it turned out to have enormous oil and mineral wealth, making it one of history's greatest real estate deals!
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