yukon

Noun
  1. A North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea (synset 109506046)
    is an instance of: river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
    is a part of:
    • canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada
    • america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - 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; achieved independence in 1776
    same as: yukon river
  2. A territory in northwestern Canada;
    Site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s (synset 108849448)
    is an instance of: district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
    has:
    • dawson - a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
    • klondike - a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910
    • whitehorse - the provincial capital of the Yukon Territory
    • logan, mount logan - a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high)
    • st. elias mountains, st. elias range - a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory
    is a part of: canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada
    same as: yukon territory

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