Etymology

Baranof

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Today it means: An island in the northern Alexander Archipelago in the Alaskan Panhandle. Full definition →

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The story

Named in 1805 by Imperial Russian Navy captain U. F. Lisianski in honor of Alexander Andreyevich Baranov.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.