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Tongass

Tongass proper noun: an island in the southern Alaska Panhandle, near the marine boundary with Canada, once the site of a major trading fort.

Proper noun

Tongass

  1. An island in the southern Alaska Panhandle, near the marine boundary with Canada, once the site of a major trading fort.

Forms of Tongass

alternative formTongas

Questions about Tongass

What does Tongass mean?
Tongass means an island in the southern Alaska Panhandle, near the marine boundary with Canada, once the site of a major trading fort.
What part of speech is Tongass?
Tongass is a proper noun.

Words near Tongass in the dictionary

  1. Tongareva
  2. Tongarevan
  3. Tongarevans
  4. Tongariro
  5. tongas
  6. Tongass
  7. Tongatapu
  8. tongawalla
  9. tongawallas
  10. Tongbai
  11. tongbaite

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