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Kitty Hawk

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Kit·ty Hawk  (kt hôk)
A village of northeast North Carolina on a sandy peninsula between Albemarle Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. Nearby is Kill Devil Hill, the site of the Wright brothers' first two successful flights (December 17, 1903).

Kitty Hawk [ˈkɪtɪ hɔːk]
n
(Placename) a village in NE North Carolina, near Kill Devil Hill, where the Wright brothers made the first aeroplane flight in the US (1903)


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