- Alaska
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[Alaska 词源字典] - name first applied 18c. by Russian explorers, from Aleut alaxsxaq, literally "the object toward which the action of the sea is directed" [Bright]. Baked Alaska attested by 1896, so called either for its whiteness or from being cold inside.[Alaska etymology, Alaska origin, 英语词源]