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Definition of Sitka
1. Noun. A town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sitka
Literary usage of Sitka
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1869)
"A. uva nrsi, Spr.— Unalaska and northward. Gentiana amarella, L.—Sitka. ...
Sibiriens, L.—Sitka. E. arenarius, L.—Norton Sound. E. mollis, Trin. ..."
2. Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"The Territorial Capital Sitka, close to the open water and more temperate than
... Sitka grew in leaps and bounds, feeding off the fur trade, basking in the ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage and Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2002)
"The Territorial Capital Sitka, so close to the open water and more temperate than
many ... Sitka grew in leaps and bounds, feeding off the fur trade, ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1898)
"SUMMER BIRDS OF Sitka, ALASKA. BY JOSEPH GRINNELL. THE WELL-KNOWN humidity of
the Northwest Coast apparently reaches its extreme in the region about Sitka. ..."
5. Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska: Formerly Russian America by Frederick Whymper (1868)
"The voyage — Sitka Sound and Harbour — Baranoff—Early history — The town — Water
supply—Agriculture — Former Russian settlements in California — Russian ..."
6. History of Alaska: 1730-1885 by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Alfred Bates, Ivan Petroff, William Nemos (1886)
"THE Sitka MASSACRE. 1802. RUMORS OF REVOLT AMONG THE ... Rumors had reached the
commanders of both Sitka and Yakutat that an organized attack was ..."
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