Alaskan Panhandle

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Alaska +‎ panhandle.

Proper noun

the Alaskan Panhandle

  1. The portion of the U.S. state of Alaska hanging south of the main portion, lying to the south of the Yukon and to the west of British Columbia; a salient intruding into northern British Columbia, thereby eliminating British Columbia's coastline access in the north.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) Panhandle