Alas

The word Alas can mean different things in different contexts.

In geomorphology, an alas, comprises a steep-sided depression, formed by the melting of permafrost. An alas may contain a lake.
In zoology an alas is a wing or winglike body part.
"Alas" is also an interjection used to express regret, sorrow, grief, sympathy, or apprehension of danger or evil.
Alas! is a work of literature by Rhoda Broughton.

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