Etymology

Sitka

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Today it means: A member of an indigenous tribe of people from Baranof Island, in the area of Sitka, Alaska. Full definition →

Russian Си́тка ← Tlingit Sheetʼká
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  1. Tlingit · derived fromSheetʼká
  2. Russian · borrowed fromСи́тка
  3. English todaySitka

Borrowed from Russian Си́тка (Sítka), itself from Tlingit Sheetʼká.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.