Sitka spruce

English

Etymology

Calque of translingual Picea sitchensis. From the community of Sitka in southeast Alaska, where it is prevalent.

Noun

Sitka spruce (plural Sitka spruces)

1. Picea sitchensis, a very large coniferous evergreen tree.

Translations

tree of the species Picea sitchensis

• Faroese: sitkagrann f
• French: épicéa de Sitka (fr) m, épinette de Sitka (fr) f
• German: Sitka-Fichte f
• Halkomelem: ts'qw'élhp
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sitkagran

  Nynorsk: sitkagran f

• Russian: ель си́тхинская f (jelʹ sítxinskaja), си́ткинская ель (sítkinskaja jelʹ)
• Welsh: sbriws Sitca f pl