Alaska
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- proper noun
- /əˈlæskə/
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Alaska
- The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is home to diverse wildlife and stunning landscapes.
- state of Alaska
- Alaska Native
- Gulf of Alaska
You came from Hawaii, Jeremy came from Alaska, Brian came from Cali.
- You came from Hawaii, Jeremy came from Alaska, Brian came from Cali.
- And you always had this feeling like Alaska is unforgiving.
- He's going to be in Alaska instead.
- I met my husband working in Alaska, so that was my early years.
- That's a space between Alaska and Russia.
- Anyway, we filmed in Matsu, Alaska with I think the Anchorage bomb squad.
- And then I left Alaska to go to college.
Examples
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You know when you're in Alaska, you have to eat some seafood.
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is, perhaps, the best known of these fields.
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And of course, our time in Alaska was pretty cool too.
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When we were on that Alaska trip, we were that close to Russia.
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I met my husband working in Alaska, so that was my early years.
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If things go our way, we'll be in Alaska in four or five days.
Fiction book (1993) -
I had seen my uncle only a week or so before the Alaska trip.
Academic text (2008) -
I saw myself going up to Alaska and making a big discovery.
Fiction book (1991) -
While on tour of duty in Alaska, he started to look at college catalogs.
Academic text (1999) -
For my guests, it was self-evident that Alaska is part and parcel of the United States.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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A state in the far northwest of the United States known for cold weather and wild animals
Compounds
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A dessert made of cake and ice cream covered with meringue quickly browned in an oven
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A large part of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago along Alaska's southern coast
A major oil pipeline that runs about 800 miles across Alaska from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez
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A long pipe that carries oil about 800 miles from northern Alaska to the port of Valdez
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A white sea fish like Atlantic cod that lives in the northern Pacific and is eaten
- US
A tall evergreen tree from the Pacific coast grown for shade and for its long-lasting, fragrant wood
A large crab that lives in cold northern Pacific waters near Alaska and Japan
A large sea mammal with thick fur that lives on the Pacific coast from Alaska to California
Meat from the legs of a large crab that lives in cold northern waters, usually sweet and tender
A long narrow piece of land in southwest Alaska that reaches toward the Aleutian Islands
A mountain range in south central Alaska with tall snowy peaks, including Denali, North America's highest mountain
A North American orchid with small delicate blooms that grows from Alaska to Baja California and east to Colorado
The time used in most of Alaska that is nine hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
Surface Forms
Etymology
Alaska comes from the Aleut word Alyeska, which means 'great land' or 'mainland', and it even contains the familiar English word 'land'. That's why the name fits: Alaska is the huge, northern land of the United States.