Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yellowknife

/ˈjɛloʊnaɪf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: yel-lowknife
IPA: /ˈjɛloʊnaɪf/

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

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.

Word Breakdown

Root: T'satsąot'ınę

Derived Forms

Yellowknifer

Questions

How do you pronounce yellowknife?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjɛloʊnaɪf/.
What does yellowknife mean?: The capital of and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Where does yellowknife come from?: 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.

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