Abbr. YT
A territory of northwest Canada east of Alaska. It became a territory in 1898 at the height of the Klondike gold rush. Whitehorse is the capital and the largest city.x
Related Forms:
- Yu′kon′er
noun
Yukon Territory
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Proper noun
- Territory in northern Canada which has Whitehorse as its capital.
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