| 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.
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.
