# Yellowknife

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈjɛloʊnaɪf/ · frequency rank #63,383

## Definitions
1. 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.

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