Maybe you got the exact toy you wanted for your birthday and you were really happy. Or your friend is sick and you feel sad. Or your little brother messed up your room, so you're really angry! Where do those feelings come from? Your brain, of course. Your brain has a little bunch of cells on each side called the amygdala (say: uh-MIG-duh-luh).
Kodiak Island. Kodiak Island (Alutiiq: Qikertaq, Russian: ÐºÐ°Ð´ÑÑÐºÑ) is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait.
Meaning: 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. Classified under: Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made) Synonyms: Kodiak; Kodiak Island. Instance hypernyms: island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)