Alaska

[ uh-las-kuh ]

noun

1. a state of the United States in northwestern North America. 586,400 sq. mi. (1,519,000 sq. km). : Juneau. : AK (for use with zip code), Alas.
2. Gulf of A·las·ka, a gulf of the Pacific Ocean, on the coast of southern Alaska.

Alaska

/ əˈlæskə /

noun

1. the largest state of the US, in the extreme northwest of North America: the aboriginal inhabitants are Inuit and Yupik; the earliest White settlements were made by the Russians; it was purchased by the US from Russia in 1867. It is mostly mountainous and volcanic, rising over 6000 m (20 000 ft), with the Yukon basin in the central region; large areas are covered by tundra; it has important mineral resources (chiefly coal, oil, and natural gas). Capital: Juneau. Pop: 648 818 (2003 est). Area: 1 530 694 sq km (591 004 sq miles) AbbreviationAlaswith zip codeAK
2. Gulf of Alaska
   Gulf of Alaska the N part of the Pacific, between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago

Alaska

1. State in northwesternmost North America bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north; Yukon , Canada , to the east; the Pacific Ocean to the south; and the Bering Sea to the west. Its capital is Juneau, and its largest city is Anchorage .

Notes

The forty-ninth state, admitted in 1959, and the largest.

Other Words From

• A·las·kan adjective noun

Example Sentences

Try Nebraska, South Dakota, Alaska, and Arkansas; what you might call a crimson tide.

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Ballot initiatives to raise the minimum wage passed in four states: Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota.

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Oregon and Alaska, like Colorado and Washington, will try their hand at regulating weed like booze.

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The next morning he was scheduled to leave his house at 4:30 a.m. to campaign in Alaska.

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That ratio is more than 40 percent in the U.S. Senate races in Colorado, Alaska and Kentucky.

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One of the men asked David if he had any map of the region, and David hunted up a railroad folder which contained a map of Alaska.

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The same company also has a line of steamers running to Alaska, as well as a fleet of coasting steamers.

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An experiment similar to this has been tried in Norway, where ponies have been used successfully on snow, and also in Alaska.

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Gold is found in greater or less abundance throughout its Pacific coast from Alaska to Patagonia.

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I say again, on good authority, there are no game fish in Alaska.

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