Yellowknife

Yel·low·knife  (yl-nf)

The capital of Northwest Territories, Canada, on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake. It was founded in 1935 after the discovery of gold and silver deposits in the area and became the provincial capital in 1967. Population: 18,700.

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Yellowknife [ˈjɛləʊˌnaɪf]

n

(Placename) a city in N Canada, capital of the Northwest Territories on Great Slave Lake. Pop.: 15 179 (1991)

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Yellowknife - a town in the Northwest Territories in northern Canada on the Great Slave Lake Northwest Territories - a large territory in northwestern Canada; part is now Nunavut