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Vancouver

//vænˈkuː.vɚ// name

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Proper Noun

1
A surname. countable, uncountable
2
A seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada. countable, uncountable
"PS: The average commute time in the freewayless City of Vancouver is 27 minutes, while outside of the City of Vancouver the average commute time is 31 minutes."
3
A large island of British Columbia, Canada. countable, uncountable
4
A river in southern British Columbia, Canada. countable, uncountable
5
A mountain between Alaska, United States and Yukon, Canada in the Saint Elias Mountains. countable, uncountable

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A mountain straddling the Canterbury and the West Coast regions in the Southern Alps, on the South Island, New Zealand. countable, uncountable
7
A city, the county seat of Clark County, Washington, United States. countable, uncountable
"Washington’s first outpost of the California-born burger joint opened Wednesday after long anticipation and a few fake-outs (like the prank sign someone posted in Wallingford in June). Problem is, it’s located in Ridgefield, a suburb of Vancouver, Washington. […] Ridgefield is the 424th location."
8
A lake in Clark County, Washington, United States. countable, uncountable
9
The Vancouver system of reference citation. attributive, countable, uncountable
"The different fields in the 'style' file include the format of the in-text citations (Vancouver or Harvard style) […]"

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.

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