HyperDic: yukon

English > 2 senses of the word Yukon:
NOUNobjectYukon, Yukon Rivera North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea
locationYukon, Yukon Territorya territory in northwestern Canada
Yukon > pronunciation
Soundsyuw'kaa.n
RhymesAbidjan ... yuan / Yuan: 149 rhymes with aan...
English > Yukon: 2 senses > noun 1, object
MeaningA North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea.
SynonymYukon River
Instance ofriverA large natural stream of water (larger / larger than a creek)
Part ofCanadaA nation in northern North America
United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean
SpanishYucon, Yukon River
CatalanRiu Yukon
English > Yukon: 2 senses > noun 2, location
MeaningA territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s.
SynonymYukon Territory
Instance ofdistrict, territory, territorial dominion, dominionA region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Part ofCanadaA nation in northern North America
PartsDawsonA town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River
KlondikeA region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910
Logan, Mount LoganA mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high)
St. Elias Range, St. Elias MountainsA range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory
WhitehorseThe provincial capital of the Yukon Territory
Spanishterritorio del Yukón, Yukon, Yukón

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