GULF OF ALASKA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gulf of Alaska mean? 

• GULF OF ALASKA (noun)
  The noun GULF OF ALASKA has 1 sense:

1. a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago

  Familiarity information: GULF OF ALASKA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GULF OF ALASKA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

gulf (an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay)

Holonyms ("Gulf of Alaska" is a part of...):

Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)

 Context examples 

It is the primary outlet for the 810-square kilometer Yakutat ice field, which drains into Harlequin Lake and, ultimately, the Gulf of Alaska.

(Retreat of Yakutat Glacier, NASA)