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HongCouver

HongCouver is the alternative form of Hongcouver.

Proper noun capitalized: Hongcouver

Hongcouver

  1. (derogatory, informal) Derogatory name for Vancouver: a major city in British Columbia, Canada.

Forms of HongCouver

alternative formHongCouver

Origin of HongCouver

Blend of Hong Kong + Vancouver, referring to the large-scale Chinese Canadian immigration to that city in the 1980s and 1990s, particularly from Hong Kong.

Questions about HongCouver

What does HongCouver mean?
HongCouver means derogatory name for Vancouver: a major city in British Columbia, Canada.
What is HongCouver the alternative form of?
HongCouver is the alternative form of Hongcouver.
What part of speech is HongCouver?
HongCouver is a proper noun.

Words near HongCouver in the dictionary

  1. Hong'an
  2. Hong-Kong
  3. Hongapore
  4. hongbao
  5. hongbaos
  6. HongCouver
  7. hongeohoe
  8. hongerblom
  9. Honggutan
  10. Honghe
  11. honghelin

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