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Yellowknife

American  
[yel-oh-nahyf] / ˈjɛl oʊˌnaɪf /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of the Northwest Territories, in N central Canada, on Great Slave Lake.


Yellowknife British  
/ ˈjɛləʊˌnaɪf /

noun

  1. a city in N Canada, capital of the Northwest Territories on Great Slave Lake. Pop: 16 055 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The fossils will eventually become part of the permanent collection at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

The first project is a roughly 500-mile all-season gravel road in the Northwest Territories, connecting its capital Yellowknife with Inuvik, Canada’s largest town north of the Arctic Circle.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

A sign that reads "Welcome Home" was put up on the Yellowknife Highway near Behchoko, a First Nations community, to greet evacuees driving in on Wednesday.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2023

Thousands of vehicles are expected to travel to Yellowknife in the coming days, and the first flight back to the territorial capital arrived this morning.

From Seattle Times Sep. 6, 2023

"I shall not see you again until you reach the Yellowknife," he said.

From The Flaming Forest by James Oliver Curwood

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