Kiska

[kis-kuh]

noun

1. an island in extreme SW Alaska, in Rat group, in the W Aleutian Islands: Attu lies to its W.

Example Sentences

It’s the most westerly island in the Aleutian chain — closer to Russia than mainland Alaska — and was one of just a few U.S. territories, along with Guam, the Philippines and the nearby island of Kiska, taken by enemy forces during the war.

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They first went to Kiska, another Alaska island; one Attu resident died on the way.

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But in March came the death of Kiska, who had been living alone for a dozen years in her Marineland of Canada tank in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

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Coast Guard patrol board encountered seven Chinese and Russian naval vessels cooperating in an exercise last year about 86 miles north of Alaska’s Kiska Island.

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Kiska appeared in shows at Marineland for years but had not performed for more than a decade.

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