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vancouver
/vænˈkuvɚ/
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What does vancouver mean?
proper noun
- A surname.
- A seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada.
- A large island of British Columbia, Canada.
More meanings (6)
proper noun
- A river in southern British Columbia, Canada.
- A mountain between Alaska, United States and Yukon, Canada in the Saint Elias Mountains.
- A mountain straddling the Canterbury and the West Coast regions in the Southern Alps, on the South Island, New Zealand.
- A city, the county seat of Clark County, Washington, United States.
- A lake in Clark County, Washington, United States.
- The Vancouver system of reference citation.
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IPA pronunciation
/vænˈkuvɚ/
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Joseph, she explained, had belonged to a dear friend of hers who had gone to live in Vancouver.
The captain had been tried by the Admiralty Court at Vancouver, and its verdict had acquitted him of blame.
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Often, adventures which Vancouver dedicates three chapters to, these men accounted unworthy of being set down in the ship’s common log.
In the Snanaimuq language, of Vancouver Island, the words k·ä'ela, "male infant," and k·ä'k·ela, "female infant," mean simply "the weak one."