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Definition of Last frontier
1. Noun. A state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union. "Alaska is the largest state in the United States"
Terms within: Alaskan Pipeline, Trans-alaska Pipeline, Iditarod Trail, Denali National Park, Gates Of The Arctic National Park, Katmai National Park, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kobuk Valley National Park, Lake Clark National Park, Wrangell-st. Elias National Park, Aleutian Islands, Aleutians, Capital Of Alaska, Juneau, Anchorage, Nome, Sitka, Skagway, Valdez, Seward Peninsula, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska Range, Denali Fault, Hubbard, Mount Hubbard, Inland Passage, Inside Passage, Kodiak, Kodiak Island, Denali, Mckinley, Mount Mckinley, Mt. Mckinley, Great Mendenhall Glacier, Mendenhall Glacier, Prudhoe Bay, St. Elias Mountains, St. Elias Range
Generic synonyms: American State
Group relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Derivative terms: Alaskan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Last Frontier
Literary usage of Last frontier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sidelights on American Literature by Fred Lewis Pattee (1922)
"THE PROPHET OF THE last frontier 1 FROM the first year of the new century, when
he burst upon the consciousness of the reading world, until the year before ..."
2. The Passing of the Frontier: A Chronicle of the Old West by Emerson Hough (1918)
"But it was precisely in this large, loose, and irregular fashion that we actually
arrived at our last frontier. Certainly our westbound civilization never ..."
3. The Passing of the Frontier: A Chronicle of the Old West by Emerson Hough (1918)
"But it was precisely in this large, loose, and irregular fashion that we actually
arrived at our last frontier. Certainly our westbound civilization never ..."
4. The Chronicles of America Series by Allen Johnson (1918)
"But it was precisely in this large, loose, and irregular fashion that we actually
arrived at our last frontier. Certainly our westbound civilization never ..."
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