Vancouver Island en · PROPN
Etymology
Named after English explorer George Vancouver.
Meanings
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A large island off the southwest coast of British Columbia, Canada.
The hereditary chiefs of the Liǧʷiłdaxʷ nations on Vancouver Island have sent a scathing letter to the mayor and council of Campbell River, B.C., regarding their remarks on a proposal to restore the Indigenous names of three geographical areas.
2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News:The inlets and coves and little islands are on their starboard side, and just beyond them rises the immensity of Vancouver Island, its forests ascending into mountains whose summits are lost in low cloud.
2022, Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility, Picador, pages 22-23:
Deriveds
Translations (6)
bn ভ্যানকুভার জিঞ্জিরা (island off coast of British Columbia) · pl Vancouver (island off coast of British Columbia) · cmn 溫哥華島 /温哥华岛 (island off coast of British Columbia) · fr Île de Vancouver (island off coast of British Columbia) · yue 溫哥華島 /温哥华岛 (island off coast of British Columbia) · fi Vancouverinsaari (island off coast of British Columbia)