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Al•ca•traz n.

Place Namesa small island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: site of a U.S. penitentiary 1933–63.

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Alcatraz / ˈælkəˌtræz/

an island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: a federal prison until 1963

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