Klondike

Klondike

See also: klondike

English

Klondike River (left) flowing into the Yukon River at Dawson City

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”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɒnˌdaɪk/
• (father-bother merger) IPA^(key): /ˈklɑːnˌdaɪk/

Proper noun

Klondike

1. A river in Yukon, Canada.
2. A region of Yukon, Canada, surrounding the river, in and around Dawson City, replete with goldfields.

   Synonyms: the Klondike, The Klondike

3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporatedcommunity in DeKalb County, Georgia.
   2. An unincorporatedcommunity in Hall County, Georgia.
   3. An unincorporatedcommunity in Alexander County, Illinois.
   4. An unincorporatedcommunity in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
   5. A neighbourhood in eastern Louisville, Kentucky.
   6. An unincorporatedcommunity and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland.
   7. An unincorporatedcommunity in St. Charles County, Missouri.
   8. An unincorporatedcommunity in Sherman County, Oregon.
   9. An unincorporatedcommunity in McKean County, Pennsylvania.
   10. An unincorporatedcommunity in Dawson County, Texas.
   11. An unincorporatedcommunity in Delta County, Texas.
   12. Former name of Trotti, Texas.
   13. An unincorporatedcommunity in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
   14. An unincorporatedcommunity in Brighton, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
   15. An unincorporatedcommunity in Brazeau, Oconto County, Wisconsin.
4. (card games) A particular solitaire card game, requiring ordering randomly ordered cards according to rank.

Translations

a region and river in Canada

Chinese: Mandarin: 克朗代克 (zh) (Kèlǎngdàikè) Georgian: კლონდაიკი (ḳlondaiḳi) Japanese: クロンダイク (Kurondaiku) Russian: Клонда́йк (ru) m (Klondájk)

a card game

Japanese: クロンダイク (Kurondaiku) Tagalog: solitaryo

Noun

Klondike (plural Klondikes)

1. (figuratively) A source of wealth or something else valuable.

   Synonym: klondike

   • 2008 April 14, Mark Landler, “Housing Woes in U.S. Spread Around Globe”, in New York Times‎:

     That reality is spreading. Once-sizzling housing markets in Eastern Europe and the Baltic states are cooling rapidly, as nervous Western Europeans stop buying investment properties in Warsaw, Tallinn, Estonia and other real estate Klondikes.

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Klondike”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• Klondike on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Klondike Gold Rush on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Klondike”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.