Vancouver

English

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/

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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.
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.
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Synonyms

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

Derived terms

terms derived from Vancouver

• East Vancouver (East Van)
• Greater Vancouver
• North Vancouver (North Van)
• South Vancouver (South Van)
• West Vancouver (West Van)
• Hongcouver
• Metro Vancouver
• Raincouver
• Vangroovy
• Vansterdam
• Vancouverish
• Vancouverism
• Vancouverite
• Vancouver fir
• Vancouver Island
• Vancouver Special

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 waa^4-2)

  Mandarin: 溫哥華／温哥华 (zh) (Wēngēhuá)

• Czech: Vancouver (cs) m
• Danish: Vancouver
• Dutch: Vancouver
• Esperanto: Vankuvero
• Estonian: Vancouver
• Finnish: Vancouver (fi)
• French: Vancouver (fr)
• Georgian: ვანკუვერი (vanḳuveri)
• German: Vancouver (de)
• Greek: Βανκούβερ (el) (Vankoúver)
• Gujarati: વાનકુવર (vānkuvar)
• Halkomelem: lhq’á:lets
• Hebrew: וַנְקוּבֶר (vankuver)
• Hindi: वैंकूवर (va͠ikūvar)
• Hungarian: Vancouver (hu)
• Irish: Vancúbhar m
• 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)
• 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
• 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

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

Proper noun

Vancouver f

1. Vancouver