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KODIAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kodiak mean? 

KODIAK (noun)
  The noun KODIAK has 2 senses:

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 1784play

2. brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbiaplay

  Familiarity information: KODIAK used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KODIAK (noun)


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" is a part of...):

AK; Alaska; Last Frontier (a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alaskan brown bear; Kodiak; Kodiak bear; Ursus arctos middendorffi; Ursus middendorffi

Hypernyms ("Kodiak" is a kind of...):

brown bear; bruin; Ursus arctos (large ferocious bear of Eurasia)


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