Yukon
pronunciation
How to pronounce Yukon in British English:
UK [ˈjuːkɒn]
How to pronounce Yukon in American English:
US [ 'jʊkɑn]
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- Noun:
- a North American river; flows into the Bering Sea
- a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s
Word Origin
- Yukon
- territory of northwestern Canada, named for the river, from Athabaskan, perhaps Koyukon yookkene or Lower Tanana yookuna, said to mean "big river."
Example
- 1. I thought they sent you back upto the yukon ?
- 2. Subsidy accounts for 60 % of budget revenues in the yukon and northwest territories and more than 80 % in nunavut .
- 3. Trans north helicopters , based in whitehorse , has doubled its fleet to 18 over the past two years to cope with demand in the yukon .
- 4. It is one of the largest river deltas in the world , and currently protected as part of the yukon delta national wildlife refuge .
- 5. Only the yukon has full control of its onshore natural resources , something the other two territories are still negotiating with the federal government .