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KODIAK ISLAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kodiak Island mean?
• KODIAK ISLAND (noun)
The noun KODIAK ISLAND has 1 sense:
1. an island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska; site of the first European settlement in the area which was founded by the Russians in 1784
Familiarity information: KODIAK ISLAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska; site of the first European settlement in the area which was founded by the Russians in 1784
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Kodiak; Kodiak Island
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Holonyms ("Kodiak Island" is a part of...):
AK; Alaska; Last Frontier (a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union)
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