Vancouver

[van-koo-ver]

noun

1. George, 1758–98, English explorer who charted the northwest Pacific coast of North America.

2. a seaport in southwestern mainland British Columbia, Canada, on the Strait of Georgia opposite Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.

3. a city in southwestern Washington State, on the Columbia River.

4. Mount Vancouver, a mountain on the boundary between Alaska and Canada, in the St. Elias Mountains. 15,700 feet (4,785 meters).

Vancouver

¹

/ vænˈkuːvə /

noun

1. an island of SW Canada, off the SW coast of British Columbia: separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound, and from the US mainland by Juan de Fuca Strait; the largest island off the W coast of North America. Chief town: Victoria. Pop: 706 243 (2001). Area: 32 137 sq km (12 408 sq miles)

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. a mountain on the border between Canada and Alaska, in the St Elias Mountains. Height: 4785 m (15 700 ft)

Vancouver

²

/ vænˈkuːvə /

noun

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

Vancouver

1. City in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, on an arm of the Pacific Ocean.

The city was named for George Vancouver, an English navigator and explorer.

Vancouver is a year-round tourist center.

Example Sentences

Hotels may be another source of anxiety, especially those who noticed during the match that some rooms in Vancouver and Boston were priced at £500 per night.

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She got the job and when she met Chu in Vancouver to begin shooting, he asked her to join him on his next film, “In the Heights.”

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The result is that across Canada, and especially in Vancouver, airports face chronic controller shortages and outages, leading to cascading delays.

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San Diego enjoyed a historic inaugural regular-season campaign, topping the Western Conference with 19 wins and the same 63 points as 18-win Vancouver.

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AI "is so accessible, it lowers the cost of production so much, it makes everything so much faster," said Odet Abadia, a teacher at the Shanghai Vancouver Film School.

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