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Last Frontier

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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name

Meaning 1

Official nickname for Alaska: a state of the United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of outer space.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: outer space

Antonyms: none provided

noun

Meaning 3

a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

Alaska is the largest state in the United States

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Alaska, AK

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: American state

History

Etymology

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Word forms

Inflections and variants

the Last Frontier — canonical

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: none provided

Related: final frontier

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Other relationships

Hypernyms: American state

Holonyms: United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.

Meronyms: Alaskan pipeline, trans-Alaska pipeline, Iditarod Trail, Denali National Park, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Katmai National Park, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kobuk Valley National Park, Lake Clark National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Aleutian Islands, Aleutians, Juneau, capital of Alaska, Anchorage, Nome, Sitka, Skagway, Valdez, Seward Peninsula, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska Range, Denali Fault, Hubbard, Mount Hubbard, Inland Passage, Inside Passage, Kodiak, Kodiak Island, McKinley, Mount McKinley, Mt. McKinley, Denali, Mendenhall Glacier, Great Mendenhall Glacier, Prudhoe Bay, St. Elias Range, St. Elias Mountains

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