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