Alaskan
noun
Alas·kan
ə-ˈla-skən 
plural Alaskans
: a native or resident of Alaska
Alaskan
adjective
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That would be the last thing to get past the Alaskan.
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
Crow's Nest Alaskan Log Cabins Crow's Nest Alaskan Log Cabins is a mountainside cabin resort about a mile from the nearest park entrance, and is open from late May through early September.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
For this Alaskan, the start of summer means one thing—time to plan a winter visit.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Among the cast are the blunt Kavik River Camp owner Sue Aikens; Chip and Agnes Hailstone and their growing family; and Ricko DeWilde, an Alaskan Athabaskan raising his children to respect their culture.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
But some tribes in the Pacific Northwest have been discussing using firearms to harvest sea lions and other pinnipeds for subsistence, as Alaskan Natives do, Cecilia Gobin, a conservation-policy analyst at the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, told me.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
What To Know According to a news release, the Alaskan Command executed simulated joint maritime strikes with Air Force B-52H bombers and the Coast Guard national security cutter USCGC in the Gulf of Alaska on Tuesday as part of Operation Tundra Merlin.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
So all this would not have been possible without the generosity of Alaskan Inuit whalers.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 24 Nov. 2025
The group represents passenger and cargo carriers, including JetBlue, Southwest, United, Delta, Alaskan Airlines, American Airlines, FedEx and UPS.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
Crow's Nest Alaskan Log Cabins Crow's Nest Alaskan Log Cabins is a mountainside cabin resort about a mile from the nearest park entrance, and is open from late May through early September.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
For this Alaskan, the start of summer means one thing—time to plan a winter visit.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Among the cast are the blunt Kavik River Camp owner Sue Aikens; Chip and Agnes Hailstone and their growing family; and Ricko DeWilde, an Alaskan Athabaskan raising his children to respect their culture.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
But some tribes in the Pacific Northwest have been discussing using firearms to harvest sea lions and other pinnipeds for subsistence, as Alaskan Natives do, Cecilia Gobin, a conservation-policy analyst at the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, told me.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
What To Know According to a news release, the Alaskan Command executed simulated joint maritime strikes with Air Force B-52H bombers and the Coast Guard national security cutter USCGC in the Gulf of Alaska on Tuesday as part of Operation Tundra Merlin.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
So all this would not have been possible without the generosity of Alaskan Inuit whalers.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 24 Nov. 2025
The group represents passenger and cargo carriers, including JetBlue, Southwest, United, Delta, Alaskan Airlines, American Airlines, FedEx and UPS.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
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