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Noun: Kodiak  'kow-dee,ak
  1. 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
    - Kodiak Island
     
  2. Brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia
    - Alaskan brown bear, Kodiak bear, Ursus middendorffi, Ursus arctos middendorffi

Derived forms: Kodiaks

Type of: brown bear, bruin, island, Ursus arctos

Part of: AK, Alaska, Last Frontier

Encyclopedia: Kodiak, AK μSA