Kiska

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kiska"

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪskə/

Proper noun

Kiska

1. A village in Pärnu County, Estonia.
2. A village in Altai Republic, Russia.
3. An island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States.
   • 1905, J. J. Gilbert, “Some Notes on the Fox Island Passes, Alaska”, in National Geographic Magazine‎^[1], volume XVI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 427, column 1:

     OUR knowledge of the geography of the Aleutian Islands was very inexact until, in 1901, the Coast and Geodetic Survey sent two vessels to survey the Fox Island passes and eastward to the Sanak Islands. Westward of these passes and Unalaska Bay no surveys have yet been made, if we except one small harbor at Kiska Island.

   • 2022 September 27, Mark Thiessen, “Patrol spots Chinese, Russian naval ships off Alaska island”, in AP News‎^[2], archived from the original on 27 September 2022‎^[3]:

     A U.S. Coast Guard ship on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across a guided missile cruiser from China, officials said Monday.
     But it turned out the cruiser wasn’t alone as it sailed about 86 miles (138 kilometers) north of Alaska’s Kiska Island, on Sept. 19.

4. A surname from Russian.

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Kiska Island”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 956, column 1