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Definition of Kodiak
1. Noun. 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.
2. Noun. Brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia.
Generic synonyms: Brown Bear, Bruin, Ursus Arctos
Definition of Kodiak
1. Noun. A Kodiak bear ¹
2. Proper noun. A town in Alaska: see Wikipedia:Kodiak, Alaska ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Kodiak
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1. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"pie in Kodiak could not see a lantern held at arm's length, ... The lush landscape
of Kodiak was turned into a sand dune; but that, in turn, helped fuel the ..."
2. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1872)
"Surrounding Kodiak are numerous smaller islands, many of which are nothing but
immense ... The south face of Kodiak is exposed to the swell of the Pacific, ..."
3. The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes by Robert Fiske Griggs (1922)
"II THE ERUPTION AS EXPERIENCED AT Kodiak The chronicle of the eruption does not
begin with a description of the volcano and the premonitory symptoms that ..."
4. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States by Henry Gannett (1905)
"... the westernmost point of Kodiak Island. SITKINAK ISLAND. Coal occurs on the
high island of Sitkinak," one of the Trinity Islands, ..."
5. Fur Seal Arbitration: Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration, Convened by Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration (1895)
"By a Ukase of Catherine 11 in 1793 Missions of the Greek Church were established
in the new dominion, and a Colony was also founded in Kodiak under Royal ..."
6. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"The habitations of the islanders of Kodiak, less sunk in the ground than those
of the ... The vegetable productions of the island of Kodiak are the alder, ..."
7. Handbook of Alaska: Its Resources, Products, and Attractions by Adolphus Washington Greely (1909)
"... XXII SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA AND Kodiak OUTSIDE of the usual route of excursions
lie the Kenai and Alaska Peninsulas, and the adjacent Kodiak Archipelago. ..."
8. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"Kodiak ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE The world's densest population of one of
the world's largest land carnivores is on ruggedly beautiful Kodiak Island ..."
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