Alaska

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, State & Local, 19th Century
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Author: Ella Higginson ISBN: 1230000356251
Publisher: True North Publication: April 12, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Ella Higginson
ISBN: 1230000356251
Publisher: True North
Publication: April 12, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

When the Russians first came to the island of Unalaska, they were told that a vast country lay to the eastward and that its name was Al-ay-ek-sa. Their own island the Aleuts called Nagun-Alayeksa, meaning "the land lying near Alayeksa." 
The Russians in time came to call the country itself Alashka; the peninsula, Aliaska; and the island, Unalashka. Alaska is an English corruption of the original name.

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When the Russians first came to the island of Unalaska, they were told that a vast country lay to the eastward and that its name was Al-ay-ek-sa. Their own island the Aleuts called Nagun-Alayeksa, meaning "the land lying near Alayeksa." 
The Russians in time came to call the country itself Alashka; the peninsula, Aliaska; and the island, Unalashka. Alaska is an English corruption of the original name.

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