kodiak meaning and definition

KODIAK noun

Definition of Kodiak (noun)

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
   • synonyms: Kodiak Island
2. brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia
   • synonyms: Alaskan brown bear, Kodiak bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi, Ursus middendorffi