'Anchorage' definitions:
Definition of 'anchorage'
From: WordNet
noun
The condition of being secured to a base; "the plant needs a firm anchorage"; "the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family"
noun
A fee for anchoring
noun
A city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska"
noun
Place for vessels to anchor [syn: anchorage, anchorage ground]
noun
The act of anchoring
Synonyms of 'anchorage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admission,
- admission fee,
- anchor,
- anchorage ground,
- basin,
- berth,
- bourn,
- breakwater,
- brokerage,
- bulkhead,
- carfare,
- cellarage,
- charge,
- charges,
- chuck,
- colonization,
- cover charge,
- demand,
- destination,
- dock,
- dockage,
- dockyard,
- dry dock,
- dues,
- embankment,
- entrance fee,
- establishment,
- exaction,
- exactment,
- fare,
- fee,
- fixation,
- foundation,
- goal,
- groin,
- harbor,
- harborage,
- haven,
- hire,
- hook,
- inauguration,
- initiation,
- installation,
- installment,
- investiture,
- jetty,
- jutty,
- landing,
- landing place,
- landing stage,
- last stop,
- license fee,
- lodgment,
- marina,
- mole,
- mooring,
- mooring buoy,
- moorings,
- mudhook,
- peopling,
- pier,
- pilotage,
- plantation,
- population,
- port,
- portage,
- protected anchorage,
- quay,
- riding,
- road,
- roads,
- roadstead,
- salvage,
- scot,
- scot and lot,
- seaport,
- seawall,
- settlement,
- settling,
- shipyard,
- shot,
- slip,
- stop,
- stopping place,
- storage,
- terminal,
- terminal point,
- terminus,
- toll,
- towage,
- wharf,
- wharfage
Anchorage, AK -- U.S. municipality in Alaska
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Anchorage, AK -- U.S. municipality in Alaska
Population (2000) :
260283
Housing Units (2000) :
100368
Land area (2000) :
1697.214921 sq. miles (4395.766279 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
263.879964 sq. miles (683.445939 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1961.094885 sq. miles (5079.212218 sq. km)
FIPS code :
03000
Located within :
Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location :
61.191900 N, 149.762097 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
99501 99502 99503 99504 99507 99508
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Anchorage, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Anchorage, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000) :
2264
Housing Units (2000) :
750
Land area (2000) :
3.043011 sq. miles (7.881361 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.006563 sq. miles (0.016998 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
3.049574 sq. miles (7.898359 sq. km)
FIPS code :
01504
Located within :
Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location :
38.265370 N, 85.537571 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
40223
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Anchorage -- U.S. Municipality in Alaska
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Anchorage -- U.S. Municipality in Alaska
Population (2000) :
260283
Housing Units (2000) :
100368
Land area (2000) :
1697.214921 sq. miles (4395.766279 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
263.879964 sq. miles (683.445939 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1961.094885 sq. miles (5079.212218 sq. km)
Located within :
Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location :
61.191900 N, 149.762097 W