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Alcatraz definition

Al·ca·traz (al′kə traz′)

small island in San Francisco Bay: site of a federal prison (1934-63)

Etymology: after Sp Isla de Alcatraces, Island of Pelicans

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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