Yukon
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- proper noun
- /ˈjuːkɒn/
:
río Yukón
- They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold beneath the old white mountain.
- Yukon River
Examples
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The Gold Rush built this town, nestled on a bend in the Yukon River.
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Both villages are in central Alaska; one is on the Yukon, the other on a tributary.
Academic text (1994) -
We go down the Yukon.
Fiction book (2000) -
The Yukon lay a mile wide and hidden under 3 feet of ice.
Fiction book (1993) -
I harness the dogs, and we start down the Yukon.
Fiction book (2000) -
From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, I lived in the southern Yukon.
Academic text (1994) -
The ferry across the Yukon River from Dawson delivers us to the Top of the World Highway's southern terminus.
Blog text (32) -
They crossed the Yukon River And found the bonanza gold Below that old white mountain Just a little southeast of Nome
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By the end of the 36th day, we have covered 800 miles, navigating the Yukon River to where the water plunges into chaos, a place called the Yukon Flats.
Fiction book (1993) -
After a two-week expedition down the Yukon River, the hull of my canoe looked positively unscathed.
Synonyms
A large river that flows from the Yukon in Canada through Alaska to the Bering Sea
Compounds
A large wild area in northwest Canada known for mountains, wildlife and the Klondike gold rush
- Specialized
A tree that grows in Alaska and northern Canada with pale white bark
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yukon comes from a local Indigenous word meaning 'big river', so the name simply describes the long river that flows from the Yukon Territory through Alaska to the Bering Sea.