alaskan

«alaskan» in Mova's school dictionary: adjective: From or about Alaska, the largest state of the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (Alaskan); noun (an Alaskan, Alaskans)

meaning for a pupil

1) adjective: From or about Alaska, the largest state of the USA, in the far north-west of North America. tree →

2) noun: A person who lives in or comes from Alaska. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in geography lessons and nature stories: Alaskan bears, salmon, glaciers, the Alaskan Malamute dog. Phrases: «Alaskan wilderness», «Alaskan Malamute».

examples

• Alaskan winters are long and dark. tree →
• The Alaskan brown bear catches salmon. tree →
• An Alaskan Malamute pulled the sled. tree →
• My pen pal is an Alaskan. tree →
• Alaskan glaciers are melting faster. tree →
• Many Alaskan towns can only be reached by plane. tree →

note

Always a capital A: Alaskan. Alaska became a US state in 1959; the USA bought it from Russia in 1867.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «alaskan» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.