AK |
abbreviation of "Alaska." |
Alaska Standard Time |
the standard time used in most of Alaska, nine hours behind Greenwich time. |
Aleut |
a member of a native people of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. |
Athabaskan |
a group of American Indian languages spoken by western tribes from Alaska and northwest Canada down through the coastal regions of Oregon and California. [1/3 definitions] |
Bering Sea |
a northern arm of the Pacific Ocean that lies between Russia and Alaska. |
Bering Strait |
the waterway between Russia and Alaska that connects the Pacific to the Arctic Ocean. |
Eskimo |
an old-fashioned word used for a member of any of the native peoples of northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and northeastern Russia. Most of the people of these northern regions are Inuits. |
Haida |
a member of an American Indian tribe of British Columbia and Alaska. [1/2 definitions] |
Iditarod |
an annual dogsled race in the U.S. state of Alaska run along a 1,160-mile route between the cities of Anchorage and Nome. |
Inuit |
a member of a group of native people living in areas from Greenland to Canada and Alaska. [1/2 definitions] |
Juneau |
the capital of Alaska. |
Kodiak bear |
an extremely large brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia. |
native |
an original resident of a given place, such as the Inuit people of Alaska and northern Canada. [1/6 definitions] |
Nome |
a U.S. city in northwestern Alaska. |
Rocky Mountains |
a high mountain range in North America that stretches from Alaska to northern New Mexico; Rockies. |
sea otter |
a mammal with thick brown fur, a long body, a flat tail, and short legs. Sea otters live mostly in the Pacific Ocean in areas near the coast of California and Alaska. |
Tlingit |
a member of any of several North American Indian tribes living in the coastal areas of southern Alaska and northern British Columbia. [1/2 definitions] |
United States |
a North American country extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific between Canada and Mexico and including Alaska and Hawaii, also known as "United States of America" (usu. prec. by "the"). |
United States of America |
a North American country extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific between Canada and Mexico and including Alaska and Hawaii, also known as "United States" (usu. prec. by, "the"). |
U.S. |
abbreviation of "United States," a North American country extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific between Canada and Mexico and including Alaska and Hawaii; United States of America (prec. by, "the"). |
U.S.A. |
abbreviation of "United States of America," a North American country extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific between Canada and Mexico and including Alaska and Hawaii, also known as "United States" (prec. by, "the"). |