Alcatraz
[ al-kuh-traz ]
/ ˈæl kəˌtræz /
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noun
a small island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: site of a U.S. penitentiary 1933–63.
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Alcatraz
/ (ˈælkəˌtræz) /
noun
an island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: a federal prison until 1963
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