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Russian America: Name of Alaska until 1867. A state of U.S.A., the northwest part of North America, bounded on north by Arctic Ocean, on east by Canada, on southwest by Pacific Ocean, and on west by Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean.  3, record 1, English, - Alaska

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... ceded by Russia to United States of America for $7,200,000 by the Treaty of 1867 negotiated by Secretary of State Seward (hence the early nickname of Alaska, "Seward's Folly"); organized in 1884, received final U.S. territorial status in 1912.  3, record 1, English, - Alaska

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The State of Alaska became the 49th state of the United States of America in 1959.  5, record 1, English, - Alaska

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Alaska: A state name usually not abbreviated.  6, record 1, English, - Alaska

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Nicknames: Last Frontier; Land of the Midnight Sun; Seward's Folly.  3, record 1, English, - Alaska

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Capital: Juneau. Largest town: Anchorage.  2, record 1, English, - Alaska

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AK: The ISO two-letter code to be used only as post symbol in addresses or for data in rows or columns where the number of characters is restricted.  5, record 1, English, - Alaska

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Alaska : Vient (d'un mot eskimo signifiant : le continent). État des États-Unis d'Amérique, séparé des 48 États par le Canada.  3, record 1, French, - Alaska

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Histoire : En 1741, un Danois, Béring, au service des Russes, explora l'Alaska. Les États-Unis achetèrent ce territoire pour 7 200 000 dollars en 1867.  3, record 1, French, - Alaska

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L'État de l'Alaska est devenu le 49e État des États-Unis d'Amérique en 1959.  4, record 1, French, - Alaska

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Alaska : Le nom de l'État ne s'abrège pas.  5, record 1, French, - Alaska

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Capitale : Juneau.  3, record 1, French, - Alaska

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AK : Code ISO à deux lettres à n'utiliser que comme indicatif de la poste pour l'adressage ou dans les tableaux où les données figurent en colonnes et dans un nombre limité de caractères.  4, record 1, French, - Alaska

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