A territory of northwest Canada, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the south by British Columbia, and on the west by Alaska. Its capital is Whitehorse. It takes its name from the Yukon River, the Indian yu-kun-ah, meaning big river. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1367 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p608)

Annotation

a division of northwest Canada

část severozápadní Kanady

DUI

D015874 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0024303

Previous indexing

Canada (1966-1989)

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