Yellowknife
English
editEtymology
editFrom yellow (“a colour like that of copper”) + knife (“a tool prominently made, used, owned, and traded, by the T'satsąot'ınę”). From Dogrib T'satsąot'ınę. Named after the Tsatsaotine (“Copper People”) (the Yellowknives), a local Dene tribe that made copper tools.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editYellowknife
- The capital of and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Translations
editcapital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada
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Further reading
edit- Yellowknife on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editYellowknife m or f
- Yellowknife (the capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada).
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