Definitions
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- proper noun
Yukon Territory
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea
- noun a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s
Etymologies
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Examples
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YUKON - A father and his son were hurt when an all-terrain vehicle they were riding in flipped Friday morning, a Yukon police spokeswoman said.
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This has already been done in Yukon, is close to being completed in the Northwest Territories and will be a significant advancement for Nunavut.
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The immediate effect of the substitution of large operations on the Yukon is a great decrease in population.
The Present Condition and Future Prospects of the Yukon 1912
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I do not know the Yukon is so big river, but Yamikan has seen with his own eyes.
THE WHITE MAN'S WAY 2010
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Day had broken cold and grey, exceedingly cold and grey, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth - bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland.
To Build A Fire 2010
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But they were racing for a million dollars and great honour in Yukon Country.
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Day had broken cold and grey, exceedingly cold and grey, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth - bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland.
To Build A Fire 2010
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DAY HAD BROKEN cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland.
To Build a Fire 2010
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On our first album, we did a song of his called "Yukon Railroad," and then later, we recorded "House At Pooh Corner," which later went on to become a big hit for Loggins & Messina.
Mike Ragogna: Fishin' in the Dark: Chattin' With The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Jeff Hanna Mike Ragogna 2011
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The Yukon is breaking up and the dogs are swept downstream under the ice; they save the sled but cut the traces on the dogs.
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