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Alaska

A·las·ka

Alaska

 
pronunciation:
lae sk
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part of speech: noun
definition: a U.S. state on the northwestern coast of North America between the Bering Strait and Canada. (abbr.: AK)
 
derivations: Alaskan (adj.), Alaskan (n.)
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Alaska is the English spelling of an Aleut word that means "great land."