Vancouver

English

Etymology

The family name is from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /væŋˈkuː.vɚ/, /vænˈkuː.vɚ/

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• Rhymes: -uːvə(r)

Proper noun

Vancouver

1. A family name.
2. A large city and seaport in British Columbia, Canada
3. A city, the county seat of Clark County, Washington, United States.
4. A mountain between Alaska and Canada in the Saint Elias Mountains.
5. Vancouver reference style

Synonyms

• (Canadian city): Hollywood North (informal), Hongcouver (informal, somewhat derogatory), Lotusland (informal), No Fun City (informal, usually pejorative), Raincouver (informal), Vangroovy (informal).

Derived terms

• East Vancouver (East Van)
• North Vancouver (North Van)
• South Vancouver (South Van)
• West Vancouver (West Van)

• Hongcouver
• Raincouver
• Vangroovy
• Vansterdam

• Metro Vancouver
• Vancouverish
• Vancouverite
• Vancouver Island

Translations

city

• Arabic: فَانْكُوفَر m (fankūfar)
• Armenian: Վանկուվեր (Vankuver)
• Belarusian: Ванку́вер m (Vankúvjer)
• Bulgarian: Ванку́вър m (Vankúvǎr)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 溫哥華／温哥华, 温哥华 (wan¹ go¹ waa⁴, wan¹ go¹ waa^4-2)

  Mandarin: 溫哥華／温哥华 (zh) (Wēngēhuá), 温哥华 (zh) (Wēngēhuá)

• Czech: Vancouver (cs) m
• Danish: Vancouver
• Dutch: Vancouver
• Esperanto: Vankuvero
• Finnish: Vancouver (fi)
• French: Vancouver (fr)
• German: Vancouver (de)
• Greek: Βανκούβερ (el) (Vankoúver)
• Hebrew: ונקובר
• Hindi: वैंकूवर (va͠ikūvar)
• Irish: Vancúbhar m
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• Japanese: ヴァンクーヴァー (Vankūvā), バンクーバー (Bankūbā)
• Korean: 밴쿠버 (baenkubeo)
• Macedonian: Ванку́вер m (Vankúver)
• Norwegian: Vancouver
• Persian: ونکوور (vankuver)
• Polish: Vancouver (pl)
• Portuguese: Vancouver
• Punjabi: ਵੈਨਕੂਵਰ (vainkūvar)
• Russian: Ванку́вер (ru) m (Vankúver)
• Spanish: Vancouver (es)
• Swedish: Vancouver
• Thai: แวนคูเวอร์ (waenkoower)
• Ukrainian: Ванку́вер m (Vankúver)
• Urdu: وینکوور (venkvor)
• Vietnamese: Vancouver
• Western Panjabi: وینکوور (venkovr)
• Zhuang: Vwnhgohvaz

References

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Vancouver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɐ̃.ˈku.veʁ/

Proper noun

Vancouver m or f

1. Vancouver (a city in British Columbia, Canada)