Yukon

American  

[yoo-kon] / ˈyu kɒn /

noun

1. a river flowing NW and then SW from NW Canada through Alaska to the Bering Sea. About 2,000 miles (3,220 km) long.

2. a territory in NW Canada. 207,076 sq. mi. (536,325 sq. km). Whitehorse.

3. a town in central Oklahoma.

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Yukon British  

/ ˈjuːkɒn /

noun

1.  YT.  a territory of NW Canada, on the Beaufort Sea, between the Northwest Territories and Alaska: arctic and mountainous, reaching 5959 m (19 550 ft) at Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak; mineral resources. Capital: Whitehorse. Pop: 31 209 (2004 est). Area: 536 327 sq km (207 076 sq miles)

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Other Word Forms

• Yukoner noun

Example Sentences

That former intern was vacuuming the cup holders in your Yukon two years ago, now everyone thinks he’s the genius, and you’re a figurehead.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last year, a driver backed into his 12-year-old Yukon XL at a stop sign and drove off.

From MarketWatch

Maloney provided exceptionally well-preserved seaweed fossils that are roughly one billion years old, collected from Yukon Territory, Canada.

From Science Daily

Driving his GMC Yukon with a bicycle in the back to the beach recently, he found himself stopped in traffic by a “No Kings” march.

From The Wall Street Journal

When Bart Carlson, president of Yukon Construction, moved to Park City in 2002, his clients were primarily there to ski, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal