Vancouver

Wikipedia

English

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 people with that family name.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /væŋˈkuː.vɚ/, /vænˈkuː.vɚ/, SAMPA: /v{N"ku:.v@`/, /v{n"ku:.v@`/

• Vancouver (Canadian)

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• Vancouver (US)

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• Rhymes: -uːvə(r)

Proper noun

Vancouver

1. A family name.
2. A large island off the coast of British Columbia, Canada.
3. A large city and seaport in British Columbia, Canada
4. A city in the State of Washington, USA.
5. A mountain between Alaska and Canada in the Saint Elias Mountains.

Derived terms

• Vancouverite

Translations

city

Arabic: فانكوفر (ar) (fankuufar) m. Armenian: Վանկուվեր (hy) (Vankuver) Belarusian: Ванкувер (be) (Vankúver) m. Bulgarian: Ванкувър (bg) (Vankúvǎr) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 溫哥華 (cmn), 温哥华 (cmn) (Wēngēhuá) Czech: Vancouver (cs) m. Danish: Vancouver (da) Dutch: Vancouver (nl) Esperanto: Vankuvero (eo) French: Vancouver (fr) German: Vancouver (de) Greek: Βανκούβερ (el) (Vankoúver)

Hebrew: ונקובר (he) Japanese: ヴァンクーヴァー (ja) (Vankūvā), バンクーバー (ja) (Bankūbā) Korean: 밴쿠버 (ko) (baenkubeo) Norwegian: Vancouver (no) Persian: ونکوور (fa) (Vankuver) Polish: Vancouver (pl) Portuguese: Vancouver (pt) Russian: Ванкувер (ru) (Vankúver) m. Spanish: Vancouver (es) Swedish: Vancouver (sv) Thai: แวนคูเวอร์ (th) (waenkoower) Ukrainian: Ванкувер (uk) (Vankúver) m. Vietnamese: Vancouver (vi)

References

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