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Raincouver

Raincouver proper noun: vancouver (a city in British Columbia, Canada).

Proper noun

Raincouver

  1. (informal) Vancouver (a city in British Columbia, Canada).
    • What would Raincouver (Vancouver) be without 400cm of rain and a flash flood on a summer day?2008, Arlena De Bruin, On The Bright Side…and Other Rose-Coloured Catastrophes, Red Wagon Writing and Publishing Services, →ISBN, page 158
    • News reporters giving out the weather should have a smile in their voice, they should be making Metro Vancouver inhabitants feel good about living in "Raincouver."2011 February 4, Harvinder Sandhu, “Put grey in perspective and embrace wet coast”, in Surrey Now, page A13

Origin of Raincouver

Blend of rain + Vancouver, referring to its rainy climate.

Questions about Raincouver

What does Raincouver mean?
Raincouver means vancouver (a city in British Columbia, Canada).
What part of speech is Raincouver?
Raincouver is a proper noun.

Words near Raincouver in the dictionary

  1. raincoated
  2. raincoater
  3. raincoaters
  4. raincoatless
  5. raincoats
  6. Raincouver
  7. raincover
  8. raincovers
  9. raindate
  10. raindates
  11. raindeer

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