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UNALASKA

Date "UNALASKA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)


Specialty Definition: UNALASKA

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Noun. Source: Everyday speech. Definition: Name used to refer to the outer-most islands closest to the Russian Federation in the Aleutian islands, see "Panhandle". Context: Used to refer to the islands farthest from the Alaskan mainland, or locations pertaining to the islands. Social Source: Alaskan students at UO. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Unalaska, Alaska

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Unalaska is a town and an island located in the Aleutian Islands. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 4,283. The port is known as Dutch Harbor

The Unangan, known by outsiders since the Russian era as "Aleuts", have lived here for thousands of years.

The Russian fur trade reached here when Stepan Glotov and his crew arrived on August 1, 1759.

Geography

Unalaska is located at 53°53'20" North, 166°31'38" West (53.888984, -166.527239)1.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 549.9 km² (212.3 mi²). 287.5 km² (111.0 mi²) of it is land and 262.4 km² (101.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 47.71% water.

Demographics

As of the census2 of 2000, there are 4,283 people, 834 households, and 476 families residing in the city. The population density is 14.9/km² (38.6/mi²). There are 988 housing units at an average density of 3.4/km² (8.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 44.20% White, 3.67% Black or African American, 7.70% Native American, 30.63% Asian, 0.56% Pacific Islander, 9.32% from other races, and 3.92% from two or more races. 12.86% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 834 households out of which 36.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.1% are married couples living together, 4.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 42.9% are non-families. 32.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 1.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.51 and the average family size is 3.27.

In the city the population is spread out with 14.6% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 50.9% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 1.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 194.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 218.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $69,539, and the median income for a family is $80,829. Males have a median income of $41,352 versus $29,766 for females. The per capita income for the city is $24,676. 12.5% of the population and 2.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 2.8% are under the age of 18 and 15.8% are 65 or older.

External link

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Unalaska, Alaska."

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Crosswords: UNALASKA

Specialty definitions using "UNALASKA": Going outside. (references)

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Photo Album: UNALASKA

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Unalaska Island from C&GS Ship PIONEER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

On the north shore of Unalaska Island. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The villlage of Unalaska. The picturesque Russian Orthodox Church on the right. F&WS B-50336. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A view of Unalaska. The Russian Orthodox Church can be seen on the left of the photograph. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The Russian Orthodox Church at Unalaska. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Sunflower Star Star, Pycnopodia helianthoides, is found on a variety of subtidal bottoms and in extremely low intertidal zones from Unalaska Island, Alaska, to Baja California, Mexico. The largest, heaviest, and quickest moving sea star, it measures up to 90 cm in diameter. Color ranges from orange to purplish. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Pl. LXXXVII. 304. Ptilichthys Goodei, Bean. From off Port Levasheff, Unalaska. 305. Otophidium omostigma, Jordan. From the stomach of a red snapper off Pensaco la. 306. Leptophidium cervinum. At N. Lat. 40.0, W. Lon. 69.9, in 76 fathoms. 307. Leptophidium profundorum, Gill. At N. Lat. 39.55, W. Lon. 68.4, in 1555 fat homs. 308. Leptophidium marmoratum. At N. Lat. 23.2, W, Lon. 82.3, in 213 fath. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Body of water with mountains in background, Unalaska, Alaska. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Cities: UNALASKA


1. Unalaska, AK (city, FIPS 80770)
Location: 53.93447 N, 166.51042 W
Population (1990): 3089 (682 housing units)
Area: 270.1 sq km (land), 288.5 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 99685
Country: USA

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: UNALASKA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

unalaska

12

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10

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9

church orthodox russian unalaska

7

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3

tour unalaska

3

fishing unalaska

2
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Misspellings: UNALASKA

Misspellings

"UNALASKA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Nalepka. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: UNALASKA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-k-l-n-s-u"

-2 letters: alaska, lauans.

-3 letters: alans, ankus, anlas, asana, kanas, lauan, lunas, lunks, nasal, sauna, slank, slunk, ulans, ulnas.

-4 letters: aals, alan, alas, anal, anas, ansa, anus, auks, kaas, kana, kuna, lank, luna, lunk, sank, saul, skua, sulk, sunk, ulan, ulna.

-5 letters: aal, aas, ala, als, ana, ask, auk, kas, las, nus, sal, sau, ska, sun.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: UNALASKA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 4E 41 4C 41 53 4B 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 004E 0041 004C 0041 0053 004B 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5548354635534535

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Cities 		5. Expressions: Internet
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography 		9. Bibliography


  

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