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[[prob. via Russ Aliaska < Aleut Alasxa, name of the Alaska Peninsula]]
1 state of the U.S. in NW North America, separated from Asia by the Bering Strait: land bought from Russia in 1867: admitted 1959: 571,951 sq mi (1,481,348 sq km); cap. Juneau: abbrev. AK or Alas
2 Gulf of inlet of the Pacific in the S coast of Alaska between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago
