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Yellowknife en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /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.

Meanings

  1. The capital of and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Deriveds

Yellowknifer

Translations (17)

ja イエローナイフ (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · de Yellowknife (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · eo Yellowknife (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · ru Йе́ллоунайф (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · eo Jelonajfo (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · hy Ելոունայֆ (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · cmn 耶洛奈夫 (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · cmn 黃刀鎮 /黄刀镇 (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · el Γέλοουναϊφ (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · bg Йе́лоунайф (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · ar يلونايف (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · ru Йеллоуна́йф (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · ko 옐로나이프 (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · bn ইয়েলোনাইফ (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · fr Yellowknife (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · bn হলুদচাকু (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada) · pl Yellowknife (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada)

wikipedia: en:Yellowknives