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Why Unalaska sounds like Alaska's opposite

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Choosing a name that directly negates the very state you exist in is a bizarre linguistic choice. It sounds like a philosophical state of being rather than a frigid, isolated island completely detached from the mainland.

Why Unalaska sounds like Alaska's opposite
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