Alaskana

English

Etymology

From Alaska +‎ -ana.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

Alaskana pl (plural only)

1. Cultural items and icons representing Alaska.
   • 1991, Peter A. Coates, The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Controversy, →ISBN:

     Without the rich and eccentric collection of Alaskana at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England, my initial interest in Alaska could not have advanced very far.

   • 2009, Dana Stabenow, Whisper to the Blood, →ISBN, page 224:

     Betty Cavanaugh was a retired librarian from Anchorage and a bibliophile who collected Alaskana.

   • 2011, Don Pitcher -, Moon Alaska, →ISBN:

     You could easily lose an afternnon just wandering among the stacks, enjoying the cozy sitting room on Level 3, studying the huge relief map of the state, browsing among the paintings hanging on the walls, or picking a book at random from the large Alaskana collection.

Finnish

Noun

Alaskana

1. essive singular of Alaska