Yellowknife

English

Etymology

Named after a local Dene tribe that made copper tools: yellow +‎ knife.

Proper noun

Yellow knife

Capital of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Translations

capital of the Northwest Territories, Canada

Armenian: Ելոունայֆ (Elounayf)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 耶洛奈夫 (Yēluònàifū), 黃刀鎮, 黄刀镇 (Huángdāo zhèn)
Esperanto: Yellowknife, (Esperantized) Jelonajfo
French: please add this translation if you can

German: Yellowknife (de)
Greek: Γέλοουναϊφ n (Géloounaïf)
Japanese: イエローナイフ (Ierōnaifu)
Korean: 옐로나이프 (Yellonaipeu)
Russian: Йе́ллоунайф m (Jéllounajf), Йеллоуна́йф m (Jellounájf)

Further reading

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