(n)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, Syn.Kodiak Island
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n. A large brown bear (Ursus middendorffi syn. Ursus arctos middendorffi) of coastal Alaska and British Columbia related to the grizzly bear; called also Kodiak bear. Syn. -- Alaskan brown bear, Kodiak, Ursus middendorffi, Ursus arctos middendorffi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]