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vancouver

/vænˈkuː.vɚ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables
van-cou-ver
IPA
/vænˈkuː.vɚ/
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A large island of British Columbia, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A river in southern British Columbia, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A mountain between Alaska, United States and Yukon, Canada in the Saint Elias Mountains.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A mountain straddling the Canterbury and the West Coast regions in the Southern Alps, on the South Island, New Zealand.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city, the county seat of Clark County, Washington, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A lake in Clark County, Washington, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂póder. Proto-Germanic *fanē Proto-West Germanic *fanā Old Dutch fan Middle Dutch van Dutch van Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Germanic *kōz Proto-West Germanic *kō Old Dutch cuo Middle Dutch coe Dutch koe Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértus Proto-Germanic *furduz Proto-West Germanic *furdu Old Dutch *furt Middle Dutch vort Dutch voorde Dutch Coevorden Dutch van Coevorden English Vancouver 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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Vancouvers (plural)

Derived Forms

Hongcouver Raincouver Vancouverish Vancouverism Vancouverite Vangroovy Vansterdam Vantucky

Phrases

East Van East Vancouver Greater Vancouver Metro Vancouver North Van North Vancouver South Van South Vancouver

Synonyms

Hollywood North Hongcouver Lotusland No Fun City Raincouver Vangroovy

Rhymes With

hoover maneuver mover remover outmaneuver coover groover gruver kluver louvre manoeuvre louver

Questions

How do you pronounce vancouver?
The recorded pronunciation is /vænˈkuː.vɚ/.
What does vancouver mean?
A surname.
Where does vancouver come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

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