Definitions of Yukon
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a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890ssynonyms: Yukon Territoryexample of:district, dominion, territorial dominion, territorya region marked off for administrative or other purposes
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a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Seasynonyms: Yukon Riverexample of:rivera large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
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