British Columbia

name
/ˈbɹɪt.ɪʃ kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/UK

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.

Definitions

  1. A province in western Canada. Capital

    A province in western Canada. Capital: Victoria. Largest city: Vancouver.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for British Columbia. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA