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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southeast Alaska on the western coast of Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago. Founded by Aleksandr Baranov in 1799, it was the capital of Russian America and later the capital of Alaska from 1867 to 1906.
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- noun a town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906
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Examples
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In fact, the average winter low in Sitka is 30 degrees, much warmer than many continental towns on our list.
12 Terrific Small Towns You’ve Never Heard Of | Impact Lab 2006
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Sitka is not a happy place for anyone, as they dream of Zion and their return to their true home.
“The Yiddish Policemen’s Union” by Michael Chabon (Harpercollins, 2007) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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Set in Sitka, Alaska this novel is in the style of some of the alternate histories written by Harry Turtledove and S.M. Sterling.
Reviews 2010
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In this novel, Jews have been settled after the Second World War, by reluctant agents of the American Government on leased land in Sitka rather than in Israel, which remains under Arab control.
Selections 2010
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Set in Sitka, Alaska this novel is in the style of some of the alternate histories written by Harry Turtledove and S.M. Sterling.
Selections 2010
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In this novel, Jews have been settled after the Second World War, by reluctant agents of the American Government on leased land in Sitka rather than in Israel, which remains under Arab control.
Reviews 2010
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"Look you, brothers," broke in Sitka Charley from his seat on the grub-box.
GRIT OF WOMEN 2010
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When I lived and worked in Sitka, Seward, Homer and Anchorage, I never met anyone in the Party who trusted Palin, or even liked her.
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The tenuous society of Sitka is well depicted at all its levels.
Torchwood finale and season calapine 2008
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In 1940, the U.S. government permits the settlement of Jewish refugees in Sitka, Alaska, and when the republic of Israel collapses in 1948, Congress creates the temporary, self-governing Federal District of Sitka for the benefit of “the Frozen Chosen.”
New Fiction Joseph O'Neil 2007
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