LINGÍT PLACE NAMES
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Below you will find the place name pronunciation, spelling, meaning, and English equivalent in parenthesis.
Skagway has been long recognized to mean the windy place or where the North wind blows, however, in recent years, researchers and linguists in the field have questioned the meaning and from the Lingít language roots and other information believes it means heartwood place.