Klondike

Meanings

1. A river in Yukon, Canada.
2. A region of Yukon, Canada, surrounding the river, in and around Dawson City, replete with goldfields.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Georgia.
5. An unincorporated community in Hall County, Georgia.
6. An unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois.
7. An unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
8. A neighbourhood in eastern Louisville, Kentucky.
9. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland.
10. An unincorporated community in St. Charles County, Missouri.
11. An unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon.
12. An unincorporated community in McKean County, Pennsylvania.

1. A source of wealth or something else valuable.

1. Alternative form of Klondike (“source of wealth”).

1. To export fresh fish (usually herring or mackerel) rather than pickled ones.

Etymology

From Klondike, a region in the Yukon territory of Canada that saw a gold rush, named after the Klondike River. A corruption of Hän Tr'ondëk (“hammerstone water”) or Gwich'in throndiuk (“hammer-water”).