Alaska

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.

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A·laskan adj. & n.

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Alaska, Gulf of

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

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Alaska [əˈlæskə]

n

1. (Placename) the largest state of the US, in the extreme northwest of North America: the aboriginal inhabitants are Eskimos; the earliest White settlements were made by the Russians; it was purchased by the US from Russia in 1867. It is mostly mountainous and volcanic, rising over 6000 m (20 000 ft.), with the Yukon basin in the central region; large areas are covered by tundra; it has important mineral resources (chiefly coal, oil, and natural gas). Capital: Juneau. Pop.: 626 932 (2000). Area: 1 530 694 sq. km (591 004 sq. miles) Abbreviations Alas (with zip code), AK

2. (Placename) Gulf of. the N part of the Pacific, between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Alaska - a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union; "Alaska is the largest state in the United States" AK, Last Frontier Alaskan pipeline, trans-Alaska pipeline - an oil pipeline that runs 800 miles from wells at Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez Iditarod Trail - a trail that extends 1,100 miles from Anchorage over the Alaska Range to Nome Denali National Park - a large national park in Alaska having peaks of the Alaska Range (including Mount McKinley) and the huge Denali fault Gates of the Arctic National Park - a large national park in Alaska featuring the Great Mendenhall Glacier Katmai National Park - a national park in Alaska featuring mountains Kenai Fjords National Park - a national park in Alaska having mountains and whale watching and ancient Indian copper mines Kobuk Valley National Park - a national park in Alaska having mountains and forests and tundra and sand dunes and archeological sites Lake Clark National Park - a national park in Alaska having Eskimo and Athapaskan archeological sites Wrangell-St. Elias National Park - the largest national park of the United States; located in Alaska Aleutian Islands, Aleutians - an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 capital of Alaska, Juneau - the state capital of Alaska Anchorage - a city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska" Nome - a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century Sitka - a town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906 Skagway - a town in southeastern Alaska at the northern end of the Inside Passage; a gateway to the Klondike during the Alaskan gold rush Valdez - a port on Alaska's southern coast from which oil is shipped to markets around the world Seward Peninsula - a peninsula in western Alaska that projects westward into the Bering Sea just below the Arctic Circle Alexander Archipelago - a group of islands off southeastern Alaska Alaska Peninsula - a peninsula of southwestern Alaska (a continuation of the Aleutian Islands) Alaska Range - a mountain range in south central Alaska; contains Mount McKinley Denali Fault - a major open geological fault in Alaska Mount Hubbard, Hubbard - a mountain peak in southeastern Alaska that is part of the Coast Range (14,950 feet high) Inland Passage, Inside Passage - a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska Kodiak, Kodiak Island - an island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska; site of the first European settlement in the area which was founded by the Russians in 1784 Denali, Mount McKinley, Mt. McKinley, McKinley - a mountain in south central Alaska; the highest peak in North America (20,300 feet high) Great Mendenhall Glacier, Mendenhall Glacier - a glacier of the Piedmont type near Juneau in Alaska Prudhoe Bay - a bay on the northern coast of Alaska where oil was discovered in 1968 St. Elias Mountains, St. Elias Range - a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory

Translations

Alaska [əˈlæskə]

A. N → Alaska f

B. CPD Alaska Highway N → carretera f de Alaska
Alaska Range N → Cordillera f de Alaska

Alaska [əˈlæskə] n → Alaska m

Alaska

n → Alaska nt

Alaska [əˈlæskə] n → l'Alasca