Klondike
The origin and history of Klondike.
Etymology
Named after the Klondike River region in Yukon, Canada, site of a famous 1890s gold rush. The river's name comes from a local Indigenous word roughly meaning "hammerstone water."
Class of 1890
Klondike first entered the language around 1890. Other words from the same year:
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