Hecla

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proper noun

An unincorporated community in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Hekla.

    Hecla bellowed until the Icelanders feared a cataclysm. Vesuvius blew its head off.

    1928 February 25 – March 3, Arthur Conan Doyle, “When the World Screamed”, in The Professor Challenger Stories […], London: John Murray, […], published [1952], →OCLC, page 577
  2. An unincorporated community in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Linn County, Missouri, United States.
  4. A ghost town in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States.
  5. A city in Brown County, South Dakota, United States.
  6. A ghost town in Laramie County, Wyoming, United States.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Hecla. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hecla

MLA

“Hecla.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hecla. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hecla,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hecla.

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