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Alas

In geomorphology, an alas, comprises a steep-sided depression, formed by the melting of permafrost. An alas may contain a lake.

In zoology an alas is a wing or winglike body part.

"Alas" is also an interjection used to express regret, sorrow, grief, sympathy, or apprehension of danger or evil.

Alas! is a work of literature by Rhoda Broughton.

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AlaskaOn January 3, 1959, Alaska was admitted to the United States as the 49th state. The population of the state is 626,932, as of 2000. The name "Alaska" is most likely derived from the Aleut word for "great country" or "mainland. The natives called it "Alyes	Alaska PanhandleThe Alaska Panhandle is the coast of the American state of Alaska, just west of the British Columbia province of Canada. In many places, the international border runs along the crest of the Pacific Range of mountains, called the Coast Mountains or the "ma	Alaska InteriorThe interior of Alaska makes up most of the state. It is largely wild and undeveloped. Mountains include Mount McKinley (Denali) in the Alaska Range and the Wrangell Mountains. The largest city in the interior is Fairbanks, Alaska's second-largest city, i
Alaskan BushThe Alaskan Bush is a cultural as well as geographic division of the state of Alaska in the United States. One definition might be that it is the part of Alaska that is off the road system that is, you can't drive to it from Anchorage. Another might be by	Alaska Native Claims Settlement ActThe Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was signed into law on December 18, 1971, and the largest land claims settlement in United States history was concluded. The United States federal government allotted mineral and surface rights on 44 million acres (	Alastair ReynoldsAlastair Reynolds is a Welsh science fiction author. He specialises in rather dark hard science fiction and space operas. Biography Reynolds was born in 1966 in Barry, South Wales. He spent his early years in Cornwall, moved back to Wales and on to univer
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