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The '''Egegik River'''{{Pronunciation-needed}} (also '''Ugaguk''' and '''Igagik''';<ref name="Bright2004">{{cite book|last=Bright|first=William|title=Native American Placenames of the United States|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA141|accessdate=5 July 2013|year=2004|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3598-4|pages=141–}}</ref> ]: '''Igyagiiq'''{{Pronunciation-needed}}; translation, "swift")<ref name="Baker1906">{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Marcus|title=Geographic dictionary of Alaska|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uakYAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA646|edition=Public domain|year=1906|publisher=Government Printing Office|pages=646–}}</ref> is a ] in the ] of ]. Located on the ], flows westward from ] into ] via ]. The '''Egegik River''' (pronounced locally, I-ga-gik; ], '''Igyagiiq'''; translation, "swift")<ref name="Baker1906">{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Marcus|title=Geographic dictionary of Alaska|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uakYAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA646|edition=Public domain|year=1906|publisher=Government Printing Office|pages=646–}}</ref> is a ] in the ] of ]. Located on the ], flows westward from ] into ] via ].

==Etymology==
The river has been known by other names and spellings: Ougagouk (1828); Ugaguk or Igagik (Russian variations); variously Agouyak, lgiagik. Egegak. Ugiagik; Ugaguk is obsolete except on Government maps.<ref name=Baker1906 /><ref name="Bright2004">{{cite book|last=Bright|first=William|title=Native American Placenames of the United States|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA141|accessdate=5 July 2013|year=2004|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3598-4|pages=141–}}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==

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The Egegik River (pronounced locally, I-ga-gik; Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Igyagiiq; translation, "swift") is a waterway in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located on the Alaska Peninsula, flows westward from Becharof Lake into Bristol Bay via Egegik Bay.

Etymology

The river has been known by other names and spellings: Ougagouk (1828); Ugaguk or Igagik (Russian variations); variously Agouyak, lgiagik. Egegak. Ugiagik; Ugaguk is obsolete except on Government maps.

See also

References

  1. ^ Baker, Marcus (1906). Geographic dictionary of Alaska (Public domain ed.). Government Printing Office. pp. 646–.
  2. Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 141–. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. Retrieved 5 July 2013.

58°12′19″N 157°25′07″W / 58.20528°N 157.41861°W / 58.20528; -157.41861


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