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B.C.

B.C. is the alternative form of BC.

B.C. is the initialism of British Columbia.

Meaning of British Columbia

Proper noun

British Columbia

  1. 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.1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, pages 127-128
    Synonyms:
    BC, B.C., B. C.

Words formed from B.C.

Phrases with B.C.

Questions about B.C.

What is B.C. the alternative form of?
B.C. is the alternative form of BC.

Words near B.C. in the dictionary

  1. B.Acc.
  2. B.Acy.
  3. B.Arch.
  4. B.B.A.
  5. B.B.C.
  6. B.C.
  7. B.C. Coast
  8. B.C. Interior
  9. B.C. roll
  10. B.C. rolls
  11. B.C.A.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: B.C. (page history and authors); British Columbia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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