Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ketchikan

/ˈkɛt͡ʃɪkæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: Ketch-i-kan
IPA: /ˈkɛt͡ʃɪkæn/

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Etymology

From Tlingit Kichx̱áan (“near the wing”).

Word Breakdown

Root: Kichx̱áan

Inflected Forms

Kichikan (alternative, obsolete)

Questions

How do you pronounce ketchikan?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɛt͡ʃɪkæn/.
What does ketchikan mean?: A city, the borough seat of Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska.
Where does ketchikan come from?: From Tlingit Kichx̱áan (“near the wing”).

How to pronounce ketchikan

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