Kittyhawk

[ kit-ee-hawk ]

/ ˈkɪt iˌhɔk /

noun

a village in NE North Carolina: Wright brothers' airplane flight 1903.

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British Dictionary definitions for kitty hawk

Kitty Hawk

/ (ˈkɪtɪ hɔːk) /

noun

a village in NE North Carolina, near Kill Devil Hill, where the Wright brothers made the world's first aeroplane flight (1903)

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