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Alas·ka (ə las′kə)

  1. state of the U.S. in NW North America, separated from Asia by the Bering Strait: land bought from Russia in 1867: admitted, 1959; 571,951 sq mi (1,481,348 sq km); pop. 627,000; cap. Juneau: abbrev. AK or Alas
  2. inlet of the Pacific in the S coast of Alaska between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago

Etymology: prob. via Russ Aliaska < Aleut Alasxa, name of the Alaska Peninsula

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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