# Ketchikan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #73,341

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

## Etymology
From Tlingit Kichxáan (“near the wing”). An older English language spelling was Kichikan.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ketchikan