British Columbia

American  

noun

1. a province in western Canada on the Pacific coast. 366,255 square miles (948,600 square kilometers). Victoria.

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British Columbia British  

noun

1.  BC.  a province of W Canada, on the Pacific coast: largely mountainous with extensive forests, rich mineral resources, and important fisheries. Capital: Victoria. Pop: 4 196 383 (2004 est). Area: 930 532 sq km (359 279 sq miles)

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British Columbia Cultural  

1. Province in western Canada, bordered by Alberta to the east; Montana, Idaho, and Washington to the south; the Pacific Ocean to the west; and the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories to the north.

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Other Word Forms

• British Columbian
  noun

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British Columbia

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Minnesota; and the University of British Columbia contributed to the work.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

One place that recently adopted permanent daylight saving time is British Columbia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

A firefighter from British Columbia died battling a blaze in Colorado this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

The British Columbia Hotel Association says that while final booking figures are yet to be confirmed, June and July were "pacing well behind previous years", despite Vancouver hosting seven of the games in Canada.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

One warm spring day in May of 2007, the Medicine Hat Tigers and the Vancouver Giants met for the Memorial Cup hockey championships in Vancouver, British Columbia.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell