"Ketchikan" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈkɛt͡ʃɪkæn/ Forms: Kichikan [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: From Tlingit Kichxáan (“near the wing”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|tli|Kichxáan||near the wing}} Tlingit Kichxáan (“near the wing”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Ketchikan
  1. A city, the borough seat of Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. Categories (place): Borough seats of Alaska, USA, Cities in Alaska, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Alaska, USA, Places in the United States Translations (city in Alaska): 克奇坎 (Mandarin), 凱奇坎 /凯奇坎 (Mandarin), Kichxáan (Tlingit)
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