English Explanatory Dictionary

Ketron Island

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An island and census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington, United States.

Word forms

Ketron Island

Etymology

The island was named "Kittson Island" (after Hudson's Bay Company employee William Kittson) by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838–1842, but his cartographers made an error.

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