Definition of Alaska

1. Noun. A state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union. "Alaska is the largest state in the United States"


Definition of Alaska

1. Proper noun. The 49th state of the United States of America. Postal code: AK, capital: Juneau, largest city: Anchorage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Alaska

1. a heavy fabric [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alaska

Alan Shepard
Alan Stewart Paton
Alan Turing
Alan Whickers
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Alanson's amputation
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Alaska (current term)
Alaska Native
Alaska Peninsula
Alaska Range
Alaska Standard Time
Alaska cedar
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Alaska rein orchid
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Literary usage of Alaska

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (1905)
"SHELDON JACKSON, United States General Agent of Education in Alaska. DR. ... Last winter Congress passed a law giving the native population of Alaska an ..."

2. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States by Henry Gannett (1905)
"COLLIER, AJ Coal resources of the Yukon hasin, Alaska. In Bull. No. 213, 1903, pp. ... The mineral resources of the Mount Wrangell district, Alaska. ..."

3. Report by Indians Rights Association (1908)
"the work of the Bureau of Education, and with the authority of Congress the work of that Bureau in Alaska has extended far beyond the narrow limits of ..."

4. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1914)
"Economic conditions in Alaska have not materially changed. ... On May 1, John FA Strong, of Juneau, was appointed Governor of Alaska to succeed Walter F. ..."

5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"The first session of the First Legislative Assembly of Alaska might well have attracted the attention of the whole world, but more especially the ..."

6. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum ...by George Knottesford Fortescue by George Knottesford Fortescue (1902)
"Alaska. USA Congress. Library. Alaska and the northwest part ... The narrative of WH Dali, leader of the expedition to Alaska in ..."

7. Report by United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geographic Board (1916)
"Kupreanof ; Island and Point, east sit Alaska Peninsula, Alaska. ... Mountain, southern side of Kupreanof Strait, westward of Dn Spruce Bay, Alaska. ..."

8. Report by United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geographic Board (1892)
"Kupreanof; island and point, east side Alaska peninsula. ... Kupreanof; strait between Afognak and Kodiak island, Alaska. (Not Karluk, North, Northern, ..."

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