# Whitehorse

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #62,621

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Yukon, Canada.
2. An unincorporated community in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after a tavern.
3. A census-designated place in Dewey County, South Dakota, United States, named after a chieftain.
4. A local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, named after the White Horse Inn, a former tavern; in full, the City of Whitehorse.

## Etymology
From white + horse.
* In Yukon, from the appearance of the White Horse Rapids, which looked like the manes of white horses.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/whitehorse