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| 1. | a state of the United States in NW North America. 400,481; 586,400 sq. mi. (1,519,000 sq. km). Capital: Juneau. Abbreviation: AK (for use with zip code), Alas. |
| 2. | Gulf of, a gulf of the Pacific, on the coast of S Alaska. |
| Alaska, Gulf of An inlet of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and Alexander Archipelago. |
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.
Note: The forty-ninth state, admitted in 1959, and the largest.
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