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1. (n.) Yukon
a river flowing NW and then SW from NW Canada through Alaska to the Bering Sea. ab. 2000 mi. (3220 km) long.
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1. (noun) Yukon, Yukon River
a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea
2. (noun) Yukon, Yukon Territory
a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s
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1. Yukon
a great river of Alaska, rises in British territory, and after a course of 2000 m. falls, by a number of mouths forming a delta, into the Behring Sea; it is navigable nearly throughout, and its waters swarm with salmon three months in the year, some of them from 80 to 120 lbs. weight, and from 5 to 6 ft. long.
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