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Word: Alaska
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈlaskə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the largest state of the US, in the extreme north-west of North America, with coasts on the Arctic and North Pacific Oceans and on the Bering Sea; population 686,293 (est. 2008); capital, Juneau. The territory was purchased from Russia in 1867 and became the 49th state of the US in 1959.
Short Definition:largest state of US, in extreme north-west of North America
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