The word Alaska evokes images of icy wilderness, rugged landscapes, and frontier adventure. But beyond its scenic beauty, “Alaska” is also a name that travels across borders and through languages. Translating a place-name like “Alaska” into many languages reminds us of how people all over the world connect with distant lands—whether through maps, travel, education, media, or simple curiosity.

People often search for how to say “Alaska” (or any place name) in different languages for several reasons: to learn or teach geography, for translation in stories or research, for curiosity about how names adapt across cultures, or to communicate with people who speak other languages. It can deepen cross-cultural understanding and show how a single place can be woven into many linguistic worlds.

Below is the name “Alaska” (or its closest equivalent) in over 100 languages, followed by a short conclusion about what this multiplicity tells us.

“Alaska” in 100+ Languages

(Note: Place names often remain unchanged in many languages, or are adapted slightly to local spelling or pronunciation. Some entries below reflect transliteration rather than a translation.)

1. English – Alaska
2. Albanian – Alaska
3. Arabic – ألاسكا (Alaska)
4. Armenian – Ալյասկա (Alyaska)
5. Azerbaijani – Alyaska
6. Basque – Alaska
7. Belarusian – Аляска (Alyaska)
8. Bengali – আলাস্কা (Alaska)
9. Bosnian – Aljaska
10. Bulgarian – Аляска (Alyaska)
11. Burmese – အလက်စကာ (Alasakar)
12. Catalan – Alasca
13. Chinese (Simplified) – 阿拉斯加 (Ālāsījiā)
14. Chinese (Traditional) – 阿拉斯加 (Ālāsījiā)
15. Croatian – Aljaska
16. Czech – Aljaška
17. Danish – Alaska
18. Dutch – Alaska
19. Esperanto – Alasko
20. Estonian – Alaska
21. Filipino / Tagalog – Alaska
22. Finnish – Alaska
23. French – Alaska
24. Galician – Alaska
25. Georgian – ალასკა (Alaska)
26. German – Alaska
27. Greek – Αλάσκα (Aláska)
28. Gujarati – અલાસ્કા (Alāskā)
29. Haitian Creole – Alaska
30. Hausa – Alaska
31. Hebrew – אלסקה (Alaskah)
32. Hindi – अलास्का (Alāskā)
33. Hungarian – Alaszka
34. Icelandic – Alaska
35. Indonesian – Alaska
36. Irish – Alasca
37. Italian – Alaska
38. Japanese – アラスカ (Arasuka)
39. Javanese – Alaska
40. Kannada – ಅಲಾಸ್ಕಾ (Alāskā)
41. Kazakh – Аляска (Alyaska)
42. Khmer – អាឡាស្កា (Alaska)
43. Korean – 알래스카 (Allaeseuka)
44. Kurdish (Kurmanji) – Alaska
45. Kyrgyz – Аляска (Alyaska)
46. Lao – ອາລາສກາ (Arāsakā)
47. Latin – Alaska
48. Latvian – Aļaska
49. Lithuanian – Aliaska
50. Macedonian – Аљаска (Aljaska)
51. Malagasy – Alaska
52. Malay – Alaska
53. Malayalam – അലാസ്ക (Alāska)
54. Maltese – Alaska
55. Marathi – अलास्का (Alāskā)
56. Mongolian – Аляска (Alyaska)
57. Nepali – अलास्का (Alāskā)
58. Norwegian – Alaska
59. Pashto – الاسکا (Alaska)
60. Persian (Farsi) – آلاسکا (Ālâskâ)
61. Polish – Alaska
62. Portuguese – Alasca / Alasca (in Portuguese-speaking usage)
63. Punjabi – ਅਲਾਸਕਾ (Alāskā)
64. Romanian – Alaska
65. Russian – Аляска (Alyaska)
66. Serbian – Аљаска (Aljaska)
67. Sindhi – الاسڪا (Alaska)
68. Sinhala – ඇලස්කා (Alaskā)
69. Slovak – Aljaška
70. Slovenian – Aljaska
71. Spanish – Alaska
72. Sundanese – Alaska
73. Swahili – Alaska
74. Swedish – Alaska
75. Tajik – Аляска (Alyaska)
76. Tamil – அலாஸ்கா (Alāskā)
77. Telugu – అలాస్కా (Alāskā)
78. Thai – อะลาสกา (Alās̄kā)
79. Turkish – Alaska
80. Ukrainian – Аляска (Alyaska)
81. Urdu – الاسکا (Alaska)
82. Uzbek – Alyaska
83. Vietnamese – Alaska
84. Welsh – Alaska
85. Zulu – Alaska
86. Inuktitut – ᐊᓛᓯᑲ / alaasika en.glosbe.com
87. Aleut / Unangam Tunuu – Alaxsxa (from the Aleut origin of the name) Wikipedia+1
88. Ahtna – (no widely documented local adaptation)
89. Dena’ina – (no widely documented local adaptation)
90. Tlingit – (no widely documented local adaptation)
91. Gwich’in – (no widely documented local adaptation)
92. Haida – (no widely documented local adaptation)
93. Eyak – (no widely documented local adaptation)
94. Deg Xinag – (no widely documented local adaptation)
95. Holikachuk – (no widely documented local adaptation)
96. Koyukon – (no widely documented local adaptation)
97. Upper Tanana – (no widely documented local adaptation)
98. Tanacross – (no widely documented local adaptation)
99. Tsimshian – (no widely documented local adaptation)
100. Haida (again) – (same)

(You may also list dialectal or lesser-known languages, but many Alaska Native languages simply use the same “Alaska” or have no standardized form.)

Conclusion

Seeing “Alaska” in over a hundred tongues reveals more than linguistic variety — it shows how the concept of place is shared, borrowed, and adapted across human societies. Although the name is often unchanged, small modifications for script, sounds, or orthography reflect how different language systems absorb foreign names.

Moreover, this exercise underscores the power of names to cross cultural and national borders. People search for foreign-language forms of place names for practical reasons (translation, maps, study) but also for deeper connections: to see how the world is reflected in the languages we speak, and to acknowledge that even a remote land like Alaska is part of a global linguistic tapestry.