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Vancouverish

Vancouverish adjective: characteristic of or resembling the city of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Adjective

Vancouverish (comparative more Vancouverish, superlative most Vancouverish)

  1. Characteristic of or resembling the city of Vancouver, British Columbia.
    • His DeutscheBank account did contain around fifty thousand dollars—his commission from the Harold Green scam—which would last him awhile in someplace Vancouverish.2003, Gary Shteyngart, The Russian Debutante's Handbook, Riverhead Books, published 2002, →ISBN
    • Foggy nights used to be a rarity [in Toronto], but a Vancouverish fall has produced several.2006, Sheila Gostick, "Lost in the thick of it", Now, November 30-December 7, 2006 issue

Forms of Vancouverish

comparativemore Vancouverish
superlativemost Vancouverish

Origin of Vancouverish

From Vancouver + -ish.

Questions about Vancouverish

What does Vancouverish mean?
Vancouverish means characteristic of or resembling the city of Vancouver, British Columbia.
What part of speech is Vancouverish?
Vancouverish is an adjective.

Words near Vancouverish in the dictionary

  1. Vancouver Island marmot
  2. Vancouver Island marmots
  3. Vancouver Islander
  4. Vancouver Islanders
  5. Vancouver Special
  6. Vancouverish
  7. Vancouverism
  8. Vancouverite
  9. Vancouverites
  10. Vancouvers
  11. Vancura

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