ALASKA Definition & Meaning

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Alaska

[ uh-las-kuh ]

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noun

a state of the United States in northwestern North America. 586,400 sq. mi. (1,519,000 sq. km). : Juneau. : AK (for use with zip code), Alas.
Gulf of A·las·ka, a gulf of the Pacific Ocean, on the coast of southern Alaska.

Alaska

/ əˈ��æ��ə /

noun

the largest state of the US, in the extreme northwest of North America: the aboriginal inhabitants are Inuit and Yupik; 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: 648 818 (2003 est). Area: 1 530 694 sq km (591 004 sq miles) AbbreviationAlaswith zip codeAK
Gulf of Alaska
the N part of the Pacific, between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago

Alaska

State in northwesternmost North America bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north; Yukon , Canada , to the east; the Pacific Ocean to the south; and the Bering Sea to the west. Its capital is Juneau, and its largest city is Anchorage .

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The forty-ninth state, admitted in 1959, and the largest.

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This was, of course, all in the administration of William McKinley, whom Trump refers to and admires; he wants the mountain in Alaska to be renamed “Mount McKinley.”

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He thought it could be an acquisition like Alaska.

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He has long predicted an incredibly large 10.3 quake would strike southwest Alaska or islands off the coast of New Zealand, a magnitude so strong he said it could disrupt global trade.

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The company, which went public in 1991, helped analyze data used to explore Alaska’s North Slope for oil.

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Most notably, the 1964 Alaska earthquake set off a catastrophic tsunami that devastated the city, washing away 29 blocks and killing at least 11 people.

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