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

Alaska

/ 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

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.

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

Other Word Forms

• Alaskan adjective

Example Sentences

They argued that the then-president had strayed from the environmental promises he made when he ran for election, such as by approving a massive oil drilling project on the North Slope of Alaska.

From Los Angeles Times

Park rangers at Alaska's Katmai National Park, home to some of the largest brown bears in the world, praised Chunk's resilience in learning how to fish with his injury.

From BBC

Two years ago while fishing in Alaska, Gibson tumbled out of the boat.

From Los Angeles Times

“She got love everywhere — it don’t matter. It can be in an alley… or Alaska; they gon’ love her.”

From Los Angeles Times

We had to come back to L.A. and shoot this silly thing where I was all bandaged up and we’re supposed to be up in Alaska someplace, at a remote Secret Service station.

From Los Angeles Times