vancouver

Definition of Vancouver in English :

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Noun

1. george vancouver, vancouver

English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798)

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2. vancouver

a town in southwestern Washington on the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon

3. vancouver

a port city in southwestern British Columbia on an arm of the Pacific Ocean opposite Vancouver Island; Canada's chief Pacific port and third largest city

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Vancouver

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noun

1. Vancouver Island

2.

a city in SW Canada, in SW British Columbia: Canada's chief Pacific port, named after Captain George Vancouver: university (1908). Pop: 545 671 (2001)

3. Mount Vancouver

noun

Captain George. 1757–98, English navigator, noted for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1792–94)

Vancouver

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1.

island of British Columbia, Canada, off the SW coast: 12,408 sq mi (32,137 sq km)

2.

seaport in SW British Columbia, opposite this island, on the Strait of Georgia: pop. 514,000 (met. area, 1,832,000)

3.

seaport in SW Wash., on the Columbia River, opposite Portland, Oreg.: pop. 144,000

4.

Mountmountain of the St. Elias Range, on the Alaska-Yukon border: 15,700 ft (4,785 m)

Vancouver

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British navigator who led an expedition to the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and the Hawaiian Islands (1791-1792) and to the Pacific coast of North America (1792-1794), where he circumnavigated Vancouver Island.

1. A city of southwest British Columbia, Canada, on the Strait of Georgia opposite Vancouver Island. The largest city in the province, it developed as a port and commercial center beginning with the arrival of the railroad in 1887 and the Klondike gold rush of 1897-1898.

2. A city of southwest Washington on the Columbia River opposite Portland, Oregon. Founded as Fort Vancouver by the Hudson's Bay Company in the 1820s, it is a deep-water port.

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