A city in Los Angeles County, California, named for poet John Greenleaf Whittier
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whittier
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for whittier.
Editorial note
The Whittier temperature averages [1] seem to indicate a 6-9 month period where highs are above freezing.
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Quick take
A city in Los Angeles County, California, named for poet John Greenleaf Whittier
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of whittier gathered in one view.
The name of several cities, communities, and neighborhoods in the United States.
A surname.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for whittier.
noun
A city in Los Angeles County, California, named for poet John Greenleaf Whittier
noun
The name of several cities, communities, and neighborhoods in the United States.
noun
A surname.
noun
A city in Chugach Census Area, Alaska.
Example sentences
The Whittier temperature averages [1] seem to indicate a 6-9 month period where highs are above freezing.
There is fiber cables landing in Whittier as part of the Alaska United cable system.
The Army pulled out of Whittier in the 50s, only a few short years after the two big buildings were built.
I'm from Cordova and sometimes my dad and I would dock the boat in Whittier during closures.
Helsinki has colder winters than Whittier does, though not by a huge margin.
If you ever take an Alaska cruise you'll likely take the train into Whittier then get on the ship without spending a lot of time there.
Doubtful that Whittier had much in that department.
I was in Whittier in 1991, two years after the oil spill.
In a lot of ways, Whittier is not a nice place to live, so people where always moving away, but it had certain appeals that always drew new people in as well.
As a side note, Whittier has a huge tsunami risk, not from typical undersea earthquakes but because the mountainside on the north side of Whittier Sound is unstable and some very big blocks of rock (100s of m) are slowly breaking off from the bedrock.
> There's no place shittier than Whittier Not that I have found so far;) > I was told the main reason Whittier exists is because it's the only port deep enough to dock warships.
Most of the Army's engineering in Whittier was pretty amazing.
Quote examples
That's why we have the saying "it's Shittier in Whittier" It's almost always raining there.
And as fishermen from around the prince william sound used to say, "There's no place shittier than Whittier.' I was told the main reason Whittier exists is because it's the only port deep enough to dock warships.
However, Whittier has a low mountain pass to "easily" travel between Passage Canal (not an actual canal) on the east side to Turnigan Arm and Anchorage (more of a muddy tentacle) on the West side.
Whittier isn't anything like "remote" by Alaska standards.
Proper noun examples
A good friend of mine just finished up a year and a half of living and photographing in Whittier.
Whittier's coldest month is January, with average high -0.4 C (31 F) and average low -5.1 C (23 F).
Whittier survives as a town today as a port, and on top of that Army infrastructure.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use whittier in a sentence?
The Whittier temperature averages [1] seem to indicate a 6-9 month period where highs are above freezing.
What does whittier mean?
A city in Los Angeles County, California, named for poet John Greenleaf Whittier
What part of speech is whittier?
whittier is commonly used as noun.