Kiska

American  

[kis-kuh] / ˈkɪs kə /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Times • Jun. 18, 2023

Kiska, who was captured in Icelandic waters in 1979, was around 47 years old.

From Reuters • Mar. 11, 2023

Coast Guard cutter on a routine patrol near Alaska’s Kiska Island ran into a convoy of Chinese and Russian naval vessels, according to the Coast Guard.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023

But it was really Peter Kujawski and Kiska Higgs at Focus basically saying, “Write whatever you like.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2023

Kiska, who could read minds, had been the last led away by Korako, never to return.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor