Whitehorse
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3.9
- proper noun
- Ladies and gentlemen, final boarding at this time for flight 332 to Whitehorse, Canada.
- Whitehorse, Yukon
- Whitehorse, Canada
- Whitehorse, the capital
Examples
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Cain Vangel was working beside a dock outside of Whitehorse when "everything suddenly lit up." Then, as he looked up, the fireball grew brighter still, "like a big flare, sputtering across the sky."
Academic text (2001) -
For the 23,000 residents of Whitehorse, in the northern Yukon Territory of Canada, getting up and going to work on a cold, dark winter morning last year included a startling surprise.
Academic text (2001) -
Heidi Marion is a former Whitehorse resident who is now living in Ireland.
Fiction book (2000) -
When we began in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, I asked him at every opportunity how close the highway was until we had reached a safe "wilderness" distance.
Fiction book (1993) -
In Whitehorse, during the sunless winter, he learned Braille, mail-ordered shell books, and turned up logs after thaws to root for wood snails.
Fiction book (2001) -
I woke up the next morning in a motel room in Whitehorse.
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A stunning display of the northern lights brightens the sky in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada on Oct. 1, 2012.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Whitehorse comes from an image on the Yukon River: early river travelers said the rapids' white foam looked like a white horse's mane. So the town took that name, and today Whitehorse is the city on the Yukon River that grew where those rapids are.