Yu·kon
Yukon
- pronunciation:
- yu
kan
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a territory of northwestern Canada.
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| definition 2: |
a river that flows from this territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea.
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Yukon is the English spelling of the Loucheux Indian word
yu-kun-ah, which means "greatest river." The territory was named for the Yukon River.