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Alaskan Pronunciation

Written by Eleanor Whitfield, Lead English Curriculum Editor · Updated 2026-09-26

Alaskan is pronounced uh-LA-skuhn, IPA /əˈlæskən/.

uh-LA-skuhn

US /əˈlæskən/

Syllables: uh · LA · skuhn (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)

adjective and noun: Belonging to Alaska, or a person from there.

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Alaskan in a Sentence

Alaskan summers are short and bright.
Two Alaskans were on the crew.
We ordered the Alaskan crab.

Common Mispronunciations of Alaskan

Not A-luh-skuhn

The middle syllable takes the beat, as it does in the state name itself.

Not uh-LAH-skuhn

The stressed vowel is the flat a of ask in American English, not the broad ah.

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