Vancouver

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English

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Etymology

The family name is from the Dutch place name Coevorden (“the place where cows ford the river”) via the Dutch family name van Coevorden (“a person from Coevorden”). The place names are derived from the family name, being named after George Vancouver, an English explorer who charted the northwestern Pacific coast of North America in a 1791–1794 expedition.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vænˈkuː.vɚ/, /væŋˈkuː.vɚ/
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  • Rhymes: -uːvə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Vancouver (countable and uncountable, plural Vancouvers)

  1. A surname.
  2. A seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada.
  3. A large island in British Columbia, Canada.
  4. A river in southern British Columbia, Canada.
  5. A mountain between Alaska, United States and Yukon, Canada in the Saint Elias Mountains.
  6. A mountain in the Southern Alps, on the South Island, New Zealand.
  7. A city, the county seat of Clark County, Washington, United States.
  8. A lake in Clark County, Washington, United States.
  9. (attributive) The Vancouver system of reference citation.
    • 2019, G. Jagadeesh, Biomedical Research, page 485:
      The different fields in the 'style' file include the format of the in-text citations (Vancouver or Harvard style) […]

Synonyms

Derived terms

terms derived from Vancouver

Translations

References

  • The True Meaning of Vancouver, Joseph Jones, Vancouver Sun, 1994-12-31, which in turn cites Woordenboek der Noord — en Zuidnederlandse plaatsnamen

French

Etymology

English Vancouver.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vancouver f

  1. Vancouver (a seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada)
  2. Vancouver (a city in Washington, United States)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Vancouver.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Vancouver m or f

  1. Vancouver (a seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada)
  2. Vancouver (a city, the county seat of Clark County, Washington, United States)

Spanish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vancouver f

  1. Vancouver
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