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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

• Aleutians West and Aleutians East Borough
• Kenai Peninsula Borough – from the Dena'ina phrase dena, meaning "flat meadow" or "open area with few trees".
  • Shared with the city of Kenai.
• Ketchikan Gateway Borough – from the Tlingit phrase kichx̱áan, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Shared with the city of Ketchikan.
• Kodiak Island Borough – from the Alutiiq phrase qikertaq, meaning "island".
  • Shared with the island of Kodiak, and its largest city Kodiak.
• Matanuska-Susitna Borough
• The City and Borough of Sitka – from the Tlingit phrase shee at'iká, meaning "people on the outside of Baranof Island".
• The Municipality and Borough of Skagway – from the Tlingit phrase sha-ka-géi, meaning "a windy place with white caps on the water".
• The City and Borough of Yakutat – from the Tlingit phrase yaakwdáat, meaning "the place where canoes rest".
  • Shared with the neighboring Yakutat Bay.

Settlements

• Adak – from the Aleut phrase adaax, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Shared with Adak Island
• Alakanuk – from the Yupik phrase alakanuk, meaning "wrong way".
• Akutan – from the Aleut phrase achan-ingiiga, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Shared with Akutan Bay, Mount Akutan, Akutan Island and the Akutan Hot Springs.
• Chevak – from the Cup'ik phrase cev'aq, meaning "cut-through channel".
• Eklutna – from the Dena'ina phrase idluytnu, meaning "river of objects".
  • Shared with the Eklutna River and Eklutna Lake.
• 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".
  • Shared with the nearby Selawik Lake.
• 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".
  • Shared with Unalaska Island.
• 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

• Binnyanaktuk Creek – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "superlatively rugged".
• Iliamna Lake – from the Dena'ina phrase nila vena, meaning "lake of the island".
• Ipnek Creek – from an Iñupiaq word ipnaiq meaning "sheep".
• Kapoon Creek – named after an Inuit resident from Wiseman.
• Karillyukpuk Creek – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "very rugged".
• Kenunga Creek – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "knife edge".
• Kinnorutin Creek – from an Iñupiaq phrase Kinnaurutin meaning "you are crazy".
• Kupuk Creek – named after an Inuit resident from Wiseman.
• Mashooshalluk Creek – from an Iñupiaq word masu meaning "wild potato plant".
• Nutirwik Creek – named after an Inuit hunter.
• Pamichtuk Lake – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "other".
• Pegeeluk Creek – from an Iñupiaq word pigiilaq meaning "not very good".
• Publituk Creek – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "hollow, drumlike sound made when walking on shell ice".
• Shukok Creek – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "rock found on a creek".
• Teshekpuk Lake – from the Iñupiaq phrase tasiqpak, meaning "large lagoon".
• Tobuk Creek – named after an Inuit resident from Alatna.

Islands

• Aagumchiidalix Island
• Aalikam Tangii Island
• Adugak Island
• Afognak Island
• Agattu Island
• Aiktak Island
• Akun Island
• Amak Island
  • Mount Amak
• Amaknak Island
• Amatignak Island
• Amchitka Island
• Amukta Island
  • Mount Amukta
• Unalga Island – from the Aleut phrase unalĝa, whose English translation is unclear.
  • Shared with another Unalga Island in the Delarof Islands.
• Unga Island – from the Aleut phrase uĝnaasaqax̂, whose English translation is unclear.
• Unimak Island – from the Aleut phrase unimax, whose English translation is unclear.

Other

• Alapah Mountain – from an Iñupiaq word alappaa meaning "cold".
• Amawk Mountain – from an Iñupiaq word amaġuq meaning "wolf".
• Apoon Mountain – from an Iñupiaq word apun meaning "snow".
• Arrigetch Peaks – from an Iñupiaq word argaich meaning "fingers outstretched".
• Denali, Denali National Park – from Koyukon deenaalee, "the tall one" (with -naał-, "be long/tall").
• Katiktak Mountain – from an Iñupiaq phrase qatiqtaaq meaning "white".
• Kollutuk Mountain – from an Iñupiaq phrase kałuutik meaning "sheep horn dipper".
• Mount Doonerak – from an Iñupiaq phrase tuunġaq meaning "shaman's helping spirit".
• Nahtuk Mountain – from an Iñupiaq phrase naataq meaning "great grey owl".
• Oolah Mountain – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "ulu (scraping tool)".
• Oxadak Mountain – named after an Inuit elder.
• Sukakpak Mountain – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "marten deadfall".

See also

• List of place names in the United States of Native American origin

References

Citations

1. Bright (2004), p. 134.

Sources

• Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 080613576X.

• Alaska placenames of Native American origin
• Alaska geography-related lists
• Lists of placenames of Native American origin
• Native American history of Alaska
• Alaska history-related lists