Klondike
Americannoun
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a region of the Yukon territory in NW Canada: gold rush 1897–98.
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a river in this region, flowing into the Yukon. 90 miles (145 km) long.
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(lowercase) a variety of solitaire.
noun
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a region of NW Canada, in the Yukon in the basin of the Klondike River: site of rich gold deposits, discovered in 1896 but largely exhausted by 1910. Area: about 2100 sq km (800 sq miles)
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a river in NW Canada, rising in the Yukon and flowing west to the Yukon River. Length: about 145 km (90 miles)
Example Sentences
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It said someone named Shirley had asked him to buy Klondike bars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
The town is located on the former site of Tr’ochëk, a hunting and fishing camp where the Klondike and Yukon rivers meet.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024
The ancient complex includes four historically active landslides, dubbed the Portuguese Bend, Abalone Cove, Klondike Canyon and Beach Club landslides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2024
“It’s like being in the Klondike now,” says Dalhousie ecologist Hugh MacIntyre, referring to the gold rush that brought prospectors to remote northwestern Canada in the 1890s.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 30, 2023
“It was me that took all the Klondike bars.”
From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
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