Unalaska

[ oo-nuh-las-kuh, uhn-uh-las- ]

noun
  1. an island off the coast of SW Alaska, one of the Aleutian Islands. About 75 miles (120 km) long.

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How to use Unalaska in a sentence

  • Still, there are people in Unalaska who are taking precautions, despite all the exhortations stating that they're not necessary.

    Radiation Plume Hits Alaska | Alexandra Gutierrez | March 18, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • For the past week, Unalaska—the most populous island on the Aleutian Chain—has seen jaw-dropping sunrises.

    Radiation Plume Hits Alaska | Alexandra Gutierrez | March 18, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Unalaska—better known to outsiders as Dutch Harbor, thanks to the reality series Deadliest Catch—is pretty remote.

    Radiation Plume Hits Alaska | Alexandra Gutierrez | March 18, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • She was on her way to Unalaska, and had been eager to land at Belkoffski, where she was born.

    Alaska | Ella Higginson
  • We sailed into the lovely bay of Unalaska on the fourth day of July.

    Alaska | Ella Higginson
  • The Russian influence is still there, after all these years—as it is in Kodiak and Unalaska.

    Alaska | Ella Higginson
  • The schooner thrashed toward the volcano, the bearing-mark for Unalaska, hidden behind it.

    A Man to His Mate | J. Allan Dunn
  • Passing along easily beyond another high mountain, we were soon at the dock of Unalaska, beside other great ships in port.

    A Woman who went to Alaska | May Kellogg Sullivan