British Columbia

English

Etymology

A 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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪt.ɪʃ kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/

• Audio (Canada):

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Proper noun

British Columbia

2. 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.

Synonyms

• BC (postal symbol)
• B.C., B. C.

Derived terms

• British Columbia Coast
• British Columbia Interior
• British Columbian
• Coast of British Columbia
• Interior of British Columbia

Translations

province of Canada

• Afrikaans: Brits-Columbië
• Arabic: كُولُومْبِيَا اَلْبِرِيطَانِيَّة f (kulumbiyā l-biriṭāniyya)
• Armenian: Բրիտանական Կոլումբիա (hy) (Britanakan Kolumbia)
• Belarusian: Брытанская Калумбія f (Brytanskaja Kalumbija)
• Bengali: বিলাতী কলম্বিয়া (bilati kolombiẏa)
• Bulgarian: Брита́нска Колу́мбия f (Británska Kolúmbija)
• Catalan: Colúmbia Britànica f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 不列顛哥倫比亞 / 不列颠哥伦比亚 (bat¹ lit⁶ din¹ go¹ leon⁴ bei² aa³), 英屬哥倫比亞 / 英属哥伦比亚 (jing¹ suk⁶ go¹ leon⁴ bei² aa³), 卑詩 / 卑诗 (bei¹ si¹) (short form)

  Mandarin: 不列顛哥倫比亞 / 不列颠哥伦比亚 (zh) (Bùlièdiān Gēlúnbǐyà), 英屬哥倫比亞 / 英属哥伦比亚 (zh) (Yīngshǔ Gēlúnbǐyà)

• Czech: Britská Kolumbie (cs) f
• Danish: Britisk Columbia ?
• Dutch: Brits-Columbia n
• Esperanto: Brita Kolumbio
• Estonian: Briti Columbia
• Finnish: Brittiläinen Kolumbia (fi)
• French: Colombie-Britannique (fr) f
• Galician: Columbia Británica (gl) f
• Georgian: ბრიტანეთის კოლუმბია (briṭanetis ḳolumbia)
• German: Britisch-Kolumbien (de) n, British Columbia (de) n
• Greek: Βρετανική Κολομβία (el) f (Vretanikí Kolomvía)
• Hawaiian: Kolumepia Pelekania
• Hebrew: קולומביה הבריטית ?
• Hindi: ब्रिटिश कोलंबिया ? (briṭiś kolambiyā)
• Hungarian: Brit Columbia (hu)
• Irish: an Cholóim Bhriotanach f
• Italian: Columbia Britannica (it) f
• Japanese: ブリティッシュ・コロンビア (Buritisshu-Koronbia), 英領コロンビア (Eiryō Koronbia)
• Khmer: ប៊្រីឌធីស កូឡុំប៊ី (priitthiih koulombii)
• Korean: 브리티시컬럼비아 (Beuritisikeolleombia)
• Latin: Columbia Britannica f
• Latvian: Britu Kolumbija f
• Lithuanian: Britų Kolumbija f
• Macedonian: Британска Колумбија f (Britanska Kolumbija)
• Mongolian: Бритиш Коламбиа (Britiš Kolambia)
• Norman: Colombie Britannique f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Britisk Columbia

  Nynorsk: Britisk Columbia

• Occitan: Colómbia Britanica f
• Persian: بریتیش کلمبیا
• Polish: Kolumbia Brytyjska (pl) f
• Portuguese: Colúmbia Britânica (pt) f
• Romanian: Columbia Britanică f
• Russian: Брита́нская Колу́мбия (ru) f (Británskaja Kolúmbija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Британска Колумбија f

  Roman: Britanska Kolumbija f

• Slovak: Britská Kolumbia f
• Slovene: Británska Kolúmbija (sl) f
• Spanish: Columbia Británica f
• Swedish: British Columbia (sv) n
• Ukrainian: Британська Колумбія f (Brytansʹka Kolumbija)
• Urdu: برٹش کولمبیا ? (briṭiś kolambiyā)