Vancouver

Mane (Îngilîzî)

1. A surname.
2. A seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada.
3. A large island in 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 in the Southern Alps, on the South Island, New Zealand.
7. A city, the county seat of Clark County, Washington, United States.
8. A lake in Clark County, Washington, United States.
9. The Vancouver system of reference citation.

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/vænˈkuː.vɚ/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

The family name is from the Dutch place name Coevorden (“the place where cows ford the river”) via the Dutch family name van Coevorden (“a person from Coevorden”). The place names are derived from the family name, being named after George Vancouver, an English explorer who charted the northwestern Pacific coast of North America in a 1791–1794 expedition.