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Originally Posted by stiffnecked
There is still quite a bit of debate as to wether or not that was the original name. When I lived there most of the older natives referenced "Ukpeaġvik" as the name for the original settlement. However no one ever mentioned calling it anything other then Barrow.
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The whole issue has an interesting history. From what I read the many older native residents were against the name change...some didn't even know about the proposal. They grew up referring to the place as Barrow, even though the Inupiaq name was either Utqiagvik or Ukpeagvik. OK, hairsplitters, English might be spoken there now, but so is Inupiaq.
Pronunciation is easy if you speak Inupiaq.
An interesting article:
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rura...-of-utqiagvik/
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