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/
Audio (Canada, British Columbia): (file) Audio (US): (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uːvə(r)
Proper noun
Vancouver
- A family name.
- A large city and seaport in British Columbia, Canada
- A city, the county seat of Clark County, Washington, United States.
- A mountain between Alaska and Canada in the Saint Elias Mountains.
- 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
Translations
city
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References
- The True Meaning of Vancouver, Joseph Jones, Vancouver Sun, 1994-12-31, which in turn cites Woordenboek der Noord — en Zuidnederlandse plaatsnamen
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English Vancouver.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /vɐ̃.ˈku.veʁ/
Proper noun
Vancouver m or f
- Vancouver (a city in British Columbia, Canada)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/uːvə(r)
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Vancouver
- en:Cities in British Columbia
- en:Cities in Canada
- en:Places in British Columbia
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Cities in Washington, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:County seats of Washington, USA
- en:Places in Washington, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English eponyms
- en:Mountains
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese nouns with multiple genders
- pt:Vancouver
- pt:Cities in British Columbia
- pt:Cities in Canada
- pt:Places in British Columbia
- pt:Places in Canada