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Seward's Folly

Seward's Folly proper noun: an unofficial nickname for Alaska, a state of the United States.

Proper noun

Seward's Folly

  1. An unofficial nickname for Alaska, a state of the United States.

Origin of Seward's Folly

After William H. Seward.

Questions about Seward's Folly

What does Seward's Folly mean?
Seward's Folly means an unofficial nickname for Alaska, a state of the United States.
What part of speech is Seward's Folly?
Seward's Folly is a proper noun.

Words near Seward's Folly in the dictionary

  1. sewar
  2. Seward
  3. Seward County
  4. Seward Peninsula
  5. Seward's Day
  6. Seward's Folly
  7. sewardite
  8. Sewards
  9. Sewardstone
  10. sewars
  11. sewed

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