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A·las·ka  (-lsk) Abbr. AK or Alas.
A state of the United States in extreme northwest North America including the Aleutian Islands and Alexander Archipelago. It is separated from the other mainland states by British Columbia, Canada. Alaska was admitted as the 49th state in 1959 and is the largest state of the Union. The territory was purchased from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000 and was known as Seward's Folly (after Secretary of State William H. Seward, who negotiated the purchase) until gold was discovered in the late 1800s. Juneau is the capital and Anchorage the largest city. Population: 683,000.

A·laskan adj. & n.

Alaska, Gulf of
An inlet of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and Alexander Archipelago.

Alas.
abbreviation for
(Placename) Alaska


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"The fast rate of expansion is due to the fact that this is a laboratory that launches the most innovative products, and that many of them are recent, with much room to grow," say Alas.
Increased interest in culture was the most frequent category on the revised (short answer) parent questionnaire; 16 of 23 parents (70%) wrote that their children became interested in exploring their own or different cultures as a result of ALAS.
 
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