| 单词 | great land |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGreat Land Great Land n. U.S. the state of Alaska. [After Russian bol′šaja zemlja mainland, lit. ‘great land’ (a1711 with reference to the Seward Peninsula; frequent in 18th-cent. Russian sources with reference to various parts of the North-West American mainland), sometimes (apparently following the passage in quot. 1867) mistakenly assumed to be after Eastern Aleut alaxsxix̣ mainland (see Alaska n.).] ΚΠ a1778 J. Cook Voy. Pacific Ocean (1785) II. 504 The American continent is here called by the Russians, as well as the islanders, Alaschka, which name, though it properly belongs only to the country adjoining to Oonemak, is used by them when speaking of the American continent in general, which they know perfectly well to be a great land. This is all the information I got from these people [sc. Russians]. 1867 C. Sumner Speech Cession Russ. Amer. 48 It appears from the report of Cook..that the euphonious name now applied to the peninsula..was the sole word used originally by the native islanders... It only remains that, following these natives,..we, too, should call this ‘great land’ Alaska.] 1886 H. H. Bancroft et al. Hist. Alaska 97 But for these costly skins, each of which proclaimed..the glories of Alaska, the Great Land might long have rested undisturbed. 1906 Boston Alaskan Aug. 13/1 Tourists always return enthusiastic over what they have seen of the ‘great land’. 1939 Guide to Alaska (Federal Writers' Project) i. i. 9 One of the unfortunate historical facts concerning the Great Land is that..the psychology of its development has been that of the exploiter rather than that of the permanent resident. 2009 Alaska (National Geogr. Traveler) 36 The war brought tens of thousands of American troops to Alaska, many of whom fell in love with the Great Land and returned to live..there after the war. < as lemmas |
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