Klondike

Meaning

Name

1. A river in Yukon, Canada.
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18. A particular solitaire card game, requiring ordering randomly ordered cards according to rank.

Noun

A source of wealth or something else valuable.

Translations

Klondike

Klondike

solitaire

Klondike Fields

Klondike

Klondike

solitario

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklɒnˌdaɪk/

Etymology

From Klondike, a region in the Yukon territory of Canada that saw a gold rush, named after the Klondike River. A corruption of Hän Tr'ondëk (“hammerstone water”) or Gwich'in throndiuk (“hammer-water”).