klondike

Thân thiện

A player lays out a game of Klondike on a wooden table.

Definition

1. Proper noun:

   • A region in northwestern Canada: A historical gold-mining area located in the Yukon Territory, famous for the Klondike Gold Rush that began in 1896.

2. Noun:

   • A card game: A specific, complex variant of the solitaire or patience card game, typically played by a single person.

Usage

• As a proper noun (geographical/historical context):

  • Prospectors traveled to the Klondike in search of fortune.
  • The Klondike Gold Rush was a significant event in Canadian history.

• As a common noun (card game):

  • She spent the afternoon playing Klondike.
  • Klondike is one of the most well-known forms of solitaire.

Advanced Usage

• "Klondike" as a metaphor: The term can be used metaphorically to refer to a source of great wealth or a frenzied pursuit of riches.
  • The new tech sector became a modern Klondike for investors.

Variants and Related Words

• Klondiker (noun, historical): A person who took part in the Klondike Gold Rush.
• Klondike solitaire (noun): Another name for the Klondike card game.

Synonyms

• For the region: Yukon goldfields, the Klondike region.
• For the card game: Patience, solitaire (though these are more general terms for the category of games).

Related Phrases

• Klondike Gold Rush: The specific historical event (1896-1899) involving the mass migration of prospectors to the region.
  • Stories from the Klondike Gold Rush captured the public's imagination.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up; descending sequences of cards of alternating colors are built on these piles; as aces become available they are placed above the seven piles; the object is to build sequences in suit from ace to king as the remaining cards are dealt out one at a time
2. a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910

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