British Columbia
English
editEtymology
editA name given by Queen Victoria when it became a British colony in 1858, referring to the Columbia District, a territory drained by the Columbia River.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
edit- A province in western Canada. Capital: Victoria. Largest city: Vancouver.
- 1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, pages 127-128:
- In that year [1871] British Columbia decided to become part of the Dominion of Canada, on condition that a transcontinental railway should be completed without delay.
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editTranslations
editprovince of Canada
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