Juneau

[joo-noh]

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Alaska, in the SE part.

Juneau

/ ˈdʒuːnəʊ /

noun

1. a port in SE Alaska: state capital. Pop: 31 187 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

By midafternoon in Juneau, waters had receded and the flood threat had ended, local officials said.

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The Juneau city website explains that glacial lake outbursts happen when a lake of melting snow and ice and rain drains rapidly.

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Juneau is arguably the whale watching capital of Alaska, with humpback whales traveling from Hawaii to the area every summer, along with resident and migratory orcas, so whale watching was high on our list.

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But overall, Alaskans opposed the name change by a two-to-one margin, the Juneau Express reported.

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Thomas Juneau, a professor at the University of Ottawa with a focus on national security, told the BBC that Trump's tariffs "undoubtedly represent an earthquake in Canada-US relations."

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