vancouver

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Definition von vancouver im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A city in the State of Washington, USA; A large city and seaport in British Columbia, Canada; A large island off the coast of British Columbia, Canada; A family name; A mountain between Alaska and Canada in the Saint Elias Mountains; {i} port city in British Columbia located across Vancouver Island (Canada); Vancouver Island, island off the southwestern coast of British Columbia which does not contain the city of Vancouver; city in Washington (USA); Mount Vancouver, mountain peak on the border of Alaska and Canada; George Vancouver (1757-1798), English explorer who rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1791; British navigator who led an expedition to the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and the Hawaiian Islands (1791-1792) and to the Pacific coast of North America (1792-1794), where he circumnavigated Vancouver Island. A peak, 4,873.6 m (15,979 ft) high, in the St. Elias Mountains of southwest Yukon Territory, Canada, near the Alaskan border. City (pop., 2001: metro. area, 1,986,965), southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Located on a fine natural harbour, it originated as a lumber-processing settlement in the 1870s. It recovered from a disastrous fire (1886) to become Canada's principal seaport. Its development was aided by completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1887 and the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, which made it economically feasible to export grain and lumber from Vancouver to the North American east coast and Europe. Economic activities include producing lumber and plywood, oil refining, fishing, and shipbuilding; a port city in southwestern British Columbia on an arm of the Pacific Ocean opposite Vancouver Island; Canada's chief Pacific port and third largest city a town in southwestern Washington on the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798)
Vancouver Island marmot: a species of marmot, Marmota vancouverensis, found only on Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island marmots: plural form of Vancouver Island marmot
Vancouver Canucks: {i} professional National Hockey League hockey team from Vancouver (Canada)
Vancouver Island: An island of southwest British Columbia, Canada, in the Pacific Ocean separated from the mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Strait. The Strait of Juan de Fuca flows between the southern end of the island and the coastline of northwest Washington. First sighted by Spanish explorers in 1774 and visited by Capt. James Cook in 1778, it was named in honor of Capt. George Vancouver, who circumnavigated the island in 1792. Island (pop., 2001: 705,000) off southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest island (12,079 sq mi [31,285 sq km]) on the Pacific coast of North America. It has several peaks of more than 7,000 ft (2,100 m), as well as several fine harbours. The chief city is Victoria. It was inhabited by coastal Indians for several millennia before it was visited by early Spanish and English explorers, including Capt. James Cook in 1778. It was surveyed in 1792 by George Vancouver and was held by the Hudson's Bay Co. until it was made a British crown colony in 1849. It united with British Columbia in 1866. The island's main industries include lumbering, fishing, agriculture, and tourism
Vancouver Island: {i} island off the southwestern coast of British Columbia (Canada) which does not contain the city of Vancouver
vancouver island: an island off southwestern Canada (off the southwestern coast of British Columbia); the largest island off the west coast of North America
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George Vancouver: {i} (1757-1798) English explorer who rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1791
George Vancouver: v. born June 22, 1757, King's Lynn, Norfolk, Eng. died May 10, 1798, Richmond, Surrey English navigator. He entered the Royal Navy at age 13 and sailed with James Cook on his second and third voyages (1772-75, 1776-79) to the Pacific. In 1791 he commanded an expedition that explored the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, and Hawaii before reaching the Pacific coast of North America in 1792; over the next two years he meticulously mapped a major portion of the coast. His maps and a lengthy account of his voyages were published in 1798
Mount Vancouver: {i} mountain peak on the border of Alaska and Canada

vancouver

Silbentrennung

Van·cou·ver

Türkische aussprache

vänkuvır

Aussprache

/vanˈko͞ovər/ /vænˈkuːvɜr/

Etymologie

[ van-'kü-v&r ] (biographical name.) 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 people with that family name.