White Horse

Yukon's main city

White Horse is a place name, most notably the capital city of Yukon Territory in northwestern Canada.

It also refers to the White Horse, a prehistoric chalk hill figure carved into a hillside in Oxfordshire, England, and similar ancient monuments elsewhere in Britain.

Various pubs, inns, and landmarks bear the name. (Lowercase white horse is the animal or ocean waves.)

hill figure

chalk

Soft sedimentary writing stone

OxfordshireMidlands county in England
prehistoricBefore documented civilization
hillsideSloping terrain face

ancient · monument · England · Britain · carving · Bronze Age

landmark

pub

Licensed drinking establishment

innLodging for wayfarers
tavernPublic drinking establishment
establishmentFounded organization or venue

sign · historic

place

Yukon

Northwestern Canadian territory

CanadaNorthern North American nation
capitalWealth used for investment
territoryLand under jurisdiction

city · northwestern · Alaska Highway

Opposites

canadian northern cities

White HorseYellowknife

Northwest Territories capital

Ottawa · Toronto · Vancouver

canadian geographic contrast

White HorseToronto

Ontario's capital city

Vancouver · Montreal · Windsor · Victoria · Halifax

horse coloration

White Horseblack horse

Unknown likely to surprise

dark horse · black stallion · pale horse · nightmare

Family

Whitehorse

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G