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Whitehorse
Whitehorse, Canada, USA Canada (Yukon): takes its name from the Whitehorse Rapids, now submerged, which received their name from the resemblance of the churning white water of the rapids to the manes of white horses.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Whitehorse." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Whitehorse." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Whitehorse.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Whitehorse." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Whitehorse.html |
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Whitehorse
Whitehorse or White Horse an elevated site or outposted hill on the perimeter of the Iron Triangle in North Korea.
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"Whitehorse." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Whitehorse." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-Whitehorse.html "Whitehorse." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-Whitehorse.html |
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Whitehorse
Whitehorse
•coarse, corse, course, divorce, endorse (US indorse), enforce, force, gorse, hoarse, horse, morse, Norse, perforce, reinforce, sauce, source, torse
•Wilberforce • workforce • packhorse
•carthorse • racehorse • sea horse
•hobby horse • Whitehorse
•sawhorse, warhorse
•clothes horse • shire horse
•workhorse • racecourse • concourse
•intercourse • watercourse
•outsource
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"Whitehorse." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Whitehorse." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Whitehorse.html "Whitehorse." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Whitehorse.html |
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