"Yellowknife" meaning in English

See Yellowknife in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈjɛloʊnaɪf/
Etymology: From yellow (“a colour like that of copper”) + knife (“a tool prominently made, used, owned, and traded, by the T'satsąot'ınę”). From Dogrib T'satsąot'ınę. Named after the Tsatsaotine (“Copper People”) (the Yellowknives), a local Dene tribe that made copper tools. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|yellow|knife|gloss1=a colour like that of copper|gloss2=a tool prominently made, used, owned, and traded, by the T'satsąot'ınę}} yellow (“a colour like that of copper”) + knife (“a tool prominently made, used, owned, and traded, by the T'satsąot'ınę”), {{der|en|dgr|T'satsąot'ınę}} Dogrib T'satsąot'ınę, {{gloss|the Yellowknives}} (the Yellowknives) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yellowknife
  1. The capital of and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Wikipedia link: en:Yellowknives Categories (place): Cities in Canada, Cities in the Northwest Territories, Canada, Places in Canada, Places in the Northwest Territories, Canada Translations (capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada): يلونايف (īlūnāīf) (Arabic), Ելոունայֆ (Elounayf) (Armenian), হলুদচাকু (holudcaku) (Bengali), ইয়েলোনাইফ (iẏelōnaiph) (Bengali), 耶洛奈夫 (Yēluònàifū) (Chinese Mandarin), 黃刀鎮 /黄刀镇 (Huángdāo zhèn) (Chinese Mandarin), Yellowknife (Esperanto), Jelonajfo [Esperantized] (Esperanto), Yellowknife (French), Yellowknife [neuter] (German), Γέλοουναϊφ (Géloounaïf) [neuter] (Greek), イエローナイフ (Ierōnaifu) (Japanese), 옐로나이프 (Yellonaipeu) (Korean), Йе́ллоунайф (Jjéllounajf) [masculine] (Russian), Йеллоуна́йф (Jjellounájf) [masculine] (Russian)
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