Vancouver

n. port city in British Columbia located across Vancouver Island (Canada); Vancouver Island, island off the southwestern coast of British Columbia which does not contain the city of Vancouver; city in Washington (USA); Mount Vancouver, mountain peak on the border of Alaska and Canada; George Vancouver (1757-1798), English explorer who rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1791

Vancouver (IPA: /væn.kuː.vɚ/) is a city located in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is named after Captain George Vancouver, a British explorer. Vancouver has a population of 587,891 while Metro Vancouver, its metropolitan region, has a population of 2,180,737 (2006 estimate). Metro Vancouver is the largest metropolitan area in western Canada and the third largest in the country. It is also the largest city in the Pacific Northwest and is the second-largest metropolitan area. Vancouver is ethnically diverse, with more than half of its residents having a first language other than English. The population of the city is growing rapidly, and the Metro population is projected to reach 2.6 million by 2020.
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Noun
1. English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798)
(synonym) George Vancouver
(hypernym) navigator
2. a town in southwestern Washington on the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon
(hypernym) town
(part-holonym) Washington, Evergreen State, WA
3. a port city in southwestern British Columbia on an arm of the Pacific Ocean opposite Vancouver Island; Canada's chief Pacific port and third largest city
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) British Columbia

n. Vancouver, island in Canada; port city in British Columbia; city in Washington

n. Vancouver, island in southwestern Canada; port city in British Columbia (Canada); city in Washington (USA); mountain peak on the border of Alaska and Canada; George Vancouver (1757-1798), English explorer