Definitions for yukonˈyu kɒn

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Yu•konˈyu kɒn(n.)

  1. a river flowing NW and then SW from NW Canada through Alaska to the Bering Sea. ab. 2000 mi. (3220 km) long.

    Category: Geography (places)

  2. Category: Geography (places)

    Ref: Cap.: Whitehorse. 2

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Yukon, Yukon River(noun)

    a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea

  2. Yukon, Yukon Territory(noun)

    a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s

Wiktionary

  1. Yukon(ProperNoun)

    Yukon Territory

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  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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