Vancouver

Proper noun

Vancouver (countable and uncountable, plural Vancouvers)

1. A surname.
2. A seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada.
   • PS: The average commute time in the freewayless City of Vancouver is 27 minutes, while outside of the City of Vancouver the average commute time is 31 minutes.2012 July 12, Nathan Pachal, “TomTom Congestion Index Useless for Metro Vancouver”, in The South Fraser Blog, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2025
3. A large island of British Columbia, Canada.
4. A river in southern British Columbia, Canada.
5. A mountain between Alaska, United States and Yukon, Canada in the Saint Elias Mountains.
6. A mountain straddling the Canterbury and the West Coast regions in the Southern Alps, on the South Island, New Zealand.
7. A city, the county seat of Clark County, Washington, United States.
   • Washington’s first outpost of the California-born burger joint opened Wednesday after long anticipation and a few fake-outs (like the prank sign someone posted in Wallingford in June). Problem is, it’s located in Ridgefield, a suburb of Vancouver, Washington. […] Ridgefield is the 424th location.2025 August 21, Allison Williams, “I Braved Washington’s First In-N-Out Burger Line”, in Seattle Met, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2025
8. A lake in Clark County, Washington, United States.
9. (attributive) The Vancouver system of reference citation.
   • The different fields in the 'style' file include the format of the in-text citations (Vancouver or Harvard style) […]2019, G. Jagadeesh, Biomedical Research, page 485

   Synonyms:

   Hollywood North, Hongcouver, Lotusland, No Fun City, Raincouver, Vangroovy