49th
One shy fifty
Forty-ninth in a sequence.
The 49th parallel forms much of the border between the United States and Canada.
The 49th state admitted to the Union was Alaska.
Largest U.S. state's capital
- DenaliAlaska's towering peak
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
- 1959Mid-twentieth century date
- frontierEdge of settlement
tundra · arctic · glacier · aurora · pipeline · Iditarod · wilderness · Klondike
Outer edge or limit
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- CanadaNorthern North American nation
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
international · treaty · northern · line · frontier · crossing · customs · geographic
After forty-ninth
- forty-eighthOrdinal of 48
- fifty-firstOrdinal of 51
- forty-seventh47th in sequence
- rankingOrdered position assignment
position · placement · sequential · numbered · penultimate · percentile · quartile · standing
Juneau
Largest U.S. state's capital
frontier · tundra · arctic · glacier · aurora · pipeline · Iditarod · wilderness · Klondike · Yukon
border
Outer edge or limit
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- CanadaNorthern North American nation
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
demarcation · international · treaty · northern · line · frontier · crossing · customs · geographic
fiftieth
After forty-ninth
- forty-eighthOrdinal of 48
- fifty-firstOrdinal of 51
- forty-seventh47th in sequence
ranking · position · placement · sequential · numbered · penultimate · percentile · quartile · standing