Pribilof Islands

[ prib-uh-lawf, -lof ]

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the Bering Sea, SW of Alaska, and belonging to the U.S.: the breeding ground of fur seals.

Pribilof Islands

/ ˈprɪbɪləf /

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the Bering Sea, off SW Alaska, belonging to the US: the breeding ground of the northern fur seal. Area: about 168 sq km (65 sq miles) Also calledFur Seal Islands

Example Sentences

In this lease provision was made for the support and education of the Aleutians on the Pribilof Islands.

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It occurs regularly, sometimes abundantly, on the Pribilof Islands in the fall.

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For many years the Pribilof Islands produced practically all the seal-pelts used in the manufacture of seal-fur garments.

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And away to the south and west are immense forests, mines of copper, and the Pribilof Islands, the home of the fur-seal.

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The fur seal, although widely distributed throughout the country, has but one breeding place,—the Pribilof Islands.

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