1A tributary of the Yukon River, in Yukon Territory, north-western Canada, which rises in the Ogilvie mountains and flows 160 km (100 miles) westwards to join the Yukon at Dawson. It gave its name to the surrounding region, which became famous when gold was found in nearby Bonanza Creek in 1896. In the ensuing gold rush of 1897–8 thousands settled in the area to mine gold.
the surrounding area was still an archaeological Klondike
Example sentencesExamples
The Internet boom is a high-tech gold rush, a latter day Klondike of bits and bandwidth.
To close it and sterilise what is a Klondike of 100m tonnes of coal would be nothing short of criminal.
2North American as nounA form of the card game patience or solitaire.
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Definition of Klondike in US English:
Klondike
proper nounˈklɑndaɪkˈkländīk
1A tributary of the Yukon River, in Yukon Territory, northwestern Canada, that rises in the Ogilvie Mountains and flows west for 100 miles (160 km) to join the Yukon at Dawson. It gave its name to the surrounding region, which became famous when gold was found in nearby Bonanza Creek in 1896.