name
Meaning 1
A town in Alaska: see Wikipedia:Kodiak, Alaska
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Kodiak
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈkoʊdiˌæk/
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CMU ARPABET: K OW1 D IY0 AE2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A Kodiak bear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Alaskan brown bear, Kodiak bear, Ursus middendorffi, Ursus arctos middendorffi
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: brown bear, bruin, Ursus arctos
noun
Meaning 4
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Kodiak Island
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: island
History
Etymology
From Russian Кадьяк (Kadʹjak), from Aleut qikertaq (“island”).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Alutiiq: Sun'aq — town in Alaska
- Arabic: كودياك (kawdiaak) — town in Alaska
- Belarusian: Кадзья́к (Kadzʹják) — town in Alaska
- Chinese Mandarin: 科迪亚克 (Kēdíyàkè) — town in Alaska
- Georgian: კოდიაკი (ḳodiaḳi) — town in Alaska
- Georgian: კადიაკი (ḳadiaḳi) — town in Alaska
- Japanese: コディアック (Kodiakku) — town in Alaska
- Korean: 코디액 (kodiaek) — town in Alaska
- Western Mari: Кадьяк (Kadjak) — town in Alaska
- Western Mari: Кодьяк (Kodjak) — town in Alaska
- Newar: कोदियाक (kodiyāka) — town in Alaska
- Russian: Ка́дьяк (Kádʹjak) — town in Alaska
- Russian: Ко́диак (Kódiak) — town in Alaska
- Serbo-Croatian: Кодијак — town in Alaska
- Serbo-Croatian: Kodiak — town in Alaska
- Ukrainian: Ка́дьяк (Kádʹjak) — town in Alaska
- Ukrainian: Ко́діак (Kódiak) — town in Alaska