Alaska

American  

[uh-las-kuh] / əˈlæs kə /

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 Alaska, a gulf of the Pacific Ocean, on the coast of southern Alaska.

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Alaska British  

/ əˈlæskə /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Alas, AK. 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)

2. the N part of the Pacific, between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago

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Alaska Cultural  

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.

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

Other Word Forms

• Alaskan
  adjective

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After the train-wreck news conference, Ms. Zacharia and other White House staffers accompanied the president to a rally in Alaska.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The path he laid out ran through Alaska, Ohio, North Carolina, and Maine.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2026

In the United States, at least 16 factories processed fishmeal as of 2025, along the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, the Gulf Coast in Mississippi and Louisiana, and in California, Oregon and Alaska.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The Epic data, which was published Thursday, show that the flu is hitting states like Alaska, Hawaii, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas the hardest.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Why did agricultural revolutions erupt in the Middle East, China and Central America but not in Australia, Alaska or South Africa?

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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