Kiska

//ˈkɪskə// name

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  1. 1
    A village in Pärnu County, Estonia.
  2. 2
    A village in Altai Republic, Russia.
  3. 3
    An island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States.

    "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."

  4. 4
    A surname from Russian.

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"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."

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