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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Alaska

They may pick up additional seats in Alaska and—this isn’t a misprint—Mississippi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Vote counting continues in the Alaska and Mississippi U.S.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

There is one toss-up seat to come in Alaska and even Mississippi is now on a knife edge, according to CBS News.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

"He wants to clean up the country. He wants safety for people" and no illegal immigration, said James Weise, a 72-year-old retiree who voted for Republicans in Anchorage, Alaska.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

Finally, it was summer—and they were practically eaten alive by swarms of bloodthirsty Alaska mosquitoes.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis

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