Kodiak
n 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 [syn: {Kodiak Island}]
2: brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia [syn: {Alaskan
brown bear}, {Kodiak bear}, {Ursus middendorffi}, {Ursus
arctos middendorffi}]