Yellowknife
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Yellowknife
- The capital of and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Translations
[edit]capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada
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Further reading
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French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Yellowknife m or f
- Yellowknife (the capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada).
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