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Ketchikan

Syllables: Ketch·i·kan/ˈkɛt͡ʃɪkæn/

Ketchikan proper noun: a city, the borough seat of Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska.

Proper noun

Ketchikan

  1. A city, the borough seat of Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska.

Forms of Ketchikan

alternative form (obsolete)Kichikan

Origin of Ketchikan

From Tlingit Kichx̱áan (“near the wing”).

Phrases with Ketchikan

Questions about Ketchikan

What does Ketchikan mean?
Ketchikan means a city, the borough seat of Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska.
What part of speech is Ketchikan?
Ketchikan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Ketchikan?
Ketchikan is pronounced /ˈkɛt͡ʃɪkæn/.

Words near Ketchikan in the dictionary

  1. Ketchems
  2. Ketcher
  3. Ketchers
  4. ketches
  5. Ketcheson
  6. Ketchikan
  7. Ketchikan Gateway Borough
  8. ketching
  9. Ketchum
  10. Ketchums
  11. ketchup

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