Vancouver

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Vancouver, British Columbia

Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Vancouver, Washington

Wikipedia

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 George Vancouver, an English explorer who charted the northwestern Pacific coast of North America in a 1791–1794 expedition.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (British Columbia):

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• Rhymes: -uːvə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Vancouver (countable and uncountable, plural Vancouvers)

1. A surname.
2. A seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada.
   • 2012 July 12, Nathan Pachal, “TomTom Congestion Index Useless for Metro Vancouver”, in The South Fraser Blog‎:

     PS: The average commute time in the freewayless City of Vancouver is 27 minutes, while outside of the City of Vancouver the average commute time is 31 minutes.

3. A large island in British Columbia, Canada.
4. A river in southern British Columbia, Canada.
5. A mountain between Alaska, United States and Yukon, Canada in the Saint Elias Mountains.
6. A mountain in the Southern Alps, on the South Island, New Zealand.
7. A city, the county seat of Clark County, Washington, United States.
8. A lake in Clark County, Washington, United States.
9. (attributive) The Vancouver system of reference citation.
   • 2019, G. Jagadeesh, Biomedical Research, page 485:

     The different fields in the 'style' file include the format of the in-text citations (Vancouver or Harvard 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 Van
• East Vancouver
• Greater Vancouver
• Hongcouver
• Metro Vancouver
• North Van
• North Vancouver
• Raincouver
• South Van
• South Vancouver
• Vancouver fir
• Vancouverish
• Vancouver Island
• Vancouverism
• Vancouverite
• Vancouver Special
• Vangroovy
• Vansterdam
• West Van
• West Vancouver

Translations

city

Albanian: Vankuvër Amharic: ቫንኩቨር (vankuvär) Arabic: فَانْكُوفَر m (fānkūfar) Hijazi Arabic: فانكوفر f (fānkūfar) Armenian: Վանկուվեր (Vankuver) Azerbaijani: Vankuver Belarusian: Ванку́вер m (Vankúvjer) Bengali: ভ্যানকুভার (bhênkubhar) Bulgarian: Ванку́вър m (Vankúvǎr) Burmese: ဗန်ကူးဗား (banku:ba:) Chinese: Cantonese: 溫哥華 / 温哥华 (wan1 go1 waa4, wan1 go1 waa4-2) Mandarin: 溫哥華 / 温哥华 (zh) (Wēngēhuá) Czech: Vancouver (cs) m Danish: Vancouver Dutch: Vancouver n Esperanto: Vankuvero Estonian: Vancouver Finnish: Vancouver (fi) French: Vancouver (fr) f Georgian: ვანკუვერი (vanḳuveri) German: Vancouver (de) n Greek: Βανκούβερ (el) (Vankoúver) Gujarati: વાનકુવર (vānkuvar) Halkomelem: lhq’á:lets Hebrew: וַנְקוּבֶר (vankuver) Hindi: वैंकूवर (va͠ikūvar) Hungarian: Vancouver (hu) Irish: Vancúbhar m Jamaican Creole: Vangkuuva Japanese: ヴァンクーヴァー (Vankūvā), バンクーバー (Bankūbā) Kannada: ವ್ಯಾಂಕೋವರ್ (vyāṅkōvar) Kazakh: Ванкувер (Vankuver) Khmer: វែនឃូវើ (vɛɛnkhuuvəə), វ៉ាន់ខូវឺ (vankhouvɨɨ) Korean: 밴쿠버 (baenkubeo) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ڤانکۆڤەر (ckb) (vankover) Kyrgyz: Ванкувер (Vankuver) Latin: Vancuverium n Latvian: Vankūvera Lithuanian: Vankuveris Macedonian: Ванку́вер m (Vankúver) Malayalam: വാൻകൂവർ (vāṉkūvaṟ) Marathi: व्हँकूव्हर (vhĕṅkūvhar) Mongolian: Ванкувер (Vankuver) Nepali: भ्यानकुभर (bhyānakubhar) Norwegian: Vancouver Persian: ونکوور (vankuver) Polish: Vancouver (pl) Portuguese: Vancouver Punjabi: ਵੈਨਕੂਵਰ (vainkūvar) Romanian: Vancouver Russian: Ванку́вер (ru) m (Vankúver) Sinhalese: වැන්කුවර් (wænkuwar) Spanish: Vancouver (es) Squamish: k’emk’emeláy̓ Swedish: Vancouver Tamil: வான்கூவர் (vāṉkūvar) Telugu: వాంకోవర్ (vāṅkōvar) Thai: แวนคูเวอร์ (wɛɛn-kuu-wə̂ə) Turkish: Vancouver Turkmen: Wankuwer Ukrainian: Ванку́вер m (Vankúver) Urdu: وینکوور (venkūvar) Uyghur: ۋانكۇۋېر (wankuwër) Uzbek: Vankuver 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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Vancouver.

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /vɑ̃.ku.vɛʁ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /vã.ku.vaɛ̯ʁ/

Proper noun

Vancouver f

1. Vancouver (a seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada)
2. Vancouver (a city in Washington, United States)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Vancouver.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vɐ̃ˈku.veʁ/ [vɐ̃ˈku.veh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vɐ̃ˈku.veʁ/ [vɐ̃ˈku.veh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /vɐ̃ˈku.veɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /vɐ̃ˈku.veʁ/ [vɐ̃ˈku.veχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vɐ̃ˈku.veɻ/

Proper noun

Vancouver m or f

1. Vancouver (a seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada)
2. Vancouver (a city, the county seat of Clark County, Washington, United States)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈkubeɾ/ [bãŋˈku.β̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -ubeɾ
• Syllabification: Van‧cou‧ver

Proper noun

Vancouver f

1. Vancouver