Yellowknife
Meaning
The capital of and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Synonyms
Translations
Yellowknife
Yellowknife
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Καναδάς
Canada
Canada
Canada
CanadàPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈjɛloʊnaɪf/
Etymology
From 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.
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