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   Al·ca·traz

   /ˈalkəˌtraz/

   • 1. a rocky island in San Francisco Bay, California. It was the site of a top-security federal prison between 1934 and 1963 and since 1972 has been administered by the National Park Service.

   Word Origin from Spanish alcatraz ‘pelicans’, which were once common there.

   Scrabble Points: 19

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