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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The capital of Northwest Territories, Canada, on the north shore of Great Slave Lake. It was founded in 1935 after the discovery of gold and silver deposits in the area and became the provincial capital in 1967.

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  • proper noun Capital of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a town in the Northwest Territories in northern Canada on the Great Slave Lake

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