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White·horse (hwīt′hôrs′, wīt′-)

capital of the Yukon Territory, Canada, in the S part: pop. 19,000

Etymology: after the Whitehorse Rapids nearby, which were so named from a fancied resemblance to the tossing mane of a white horse

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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