Alaska (a-las kä), formerly Russian America

Alazan (ä-lä'zän). A river in Transcaucasia, about 150 miles long, a northern tributary of A territory of the United States, capital Sitka, bounded by the Arctic Ocean on the north, the Kur. British America on the east, the Pacific Ocean Alb, or Alp. See Swabian Jura . on the south, and the Pacific and Arctic oceans, Alba (al'bä). Ancient Scotland north of the Bering Strait, and Bering Sea on the west. It includes many islands. Mount St. Elias is now placed in Forth and Clyde. British America, Chief river, the Yukon. It has valuable Alba (äl'bä). A town in the province of Cuneo, fisheries, fur-trade, and extensive forests, and is supposed to have large mineral deposits. By act of Congre , 1884, it constitutes a civil and judicial district, with a governor, clerk, judge, attorney, and marshal. It was discovered by the Ru ians in 1741, and was settled by them in 1801. $7,200,000, by treaty of March 30, 1867, ratified by the United It was purchased by the United States from Ru ia for States Senate June 20, 1867. Area, 531,409 square miles.