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West Van

West Van proper noun: west Vancouver (a city in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada, north of Vancouver, west of North Vancouver, on the north shore of the Fraser River delta).

Proper noun

West Van

  1. (Canada, informal) West Vancouver (a city in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada, north of Vancouver, west of North Vancouver, on the north shore of the Fraser River delta)

Origin of West Van

Abbreviation of West Vancouver.

Questions about West Van

What does West Van mean?
West Van means west Vancouver (a city in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada, north of Vancouver, west of North Vancouver, on the north shore of the Fraser River delta).
What part of speech is West Van?
West Van is a proper noun.

Words near West Van in the dictionary

  1. West Ulverstone
  2. West Union
  3. West Upton
  4. West Vale
  5. West Valley City
  6. West Van
  7. West Vancouver
  8. West Virginia
  9. West Virginian
  10. West Virginians
  11. West Wallsend

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