Yellowknife

English

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Yellowknife

1. The capital of and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛloʊnaɪf/

Translations

Capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada

• Arabic: يلونايف (īlūnāīf)
• Armenian: Ելոունայֆ (hy) (Elounayf)
• Bengali: হলুদচাকু (holudcaku), ইয়েলোনাইফ (iẏelōnaiph)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耶洛奈夫 (Yēluònàifū), 黃刀鎮／黄刀镇 (Huángdāo zhèn)

• Esperanto: Yellowknife, (Esperantized) Jelonajfo
• French: Yellowknife (fr)
• German: Yellowknife (de) n
• Greek: Γέλοουναϊφ n (Géloounaïf)
• Japanese: イエローナイフ (Ierōnaifu)
• Korean: 옐로나이프 (Yellonaipeu)
• Russian: Йе́ллоунайф (ru) m (Jjéllounajf), Йеллоуна́йф (ru) m (Jjellounájf)

Further reading

• Yellowknife on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Proper noun

Yellowknife m or f

1. Yellowknife (city in the Northwest Territories, Canada).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛ.lo.najf/