Concept information
Preferred term
Yukon Territory
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- A territory of northwest Canada, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the south by British Columbia, and on the west by Alaska. Its capital is Whitehorse. It takes its name from the Yukon River, the Indian yu-kun-ah, meaning big river. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1367 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p608)
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- Yukon
Allowable Qualifier(s)
In other languages
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French
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Yukon
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GBBVH7KR-L
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