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I grew up near the sea in British Columbia and San Francisco, and lived in Malibu and Fiji for years. I get uncomfortable being too far inland.
Raymond Burr

Meaning of "British Columbia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

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British Columbia is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BRITISH COLUMBIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia i/ˌbrɪtɪʃ kəˈlʌmbiə/, also commonly referred to by its initials BC, is a province located on the west coast of Canada. British Columbia is also a component of the Pacific Northwest, along with the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858, reflecting its origins as the British remainder of the Columbia District of the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada. Its Latin motto is Splendor sine occasu. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the fifteenth-largest metropolitan region in Canada, named for the Queen who created the Colony of British Columbia. The largest city is Vancouver, the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada, the largest in Western Canada, and the second-largest in the Pacific Northwest. In October 2013, British Columbia had an estimated population of 4,606,371. The province is currently governed by the BC Liberal Party, led by Premier Christy Clark, who became leader as a result of a leadership convention vote on February 26, 2011, and who led her party to an election victory on May 14, 2013.

Definition of British Columbia in the English dictionary

The definition of British Columbia in the dictionary is a province of W Canada, on the Pacific coast: largely mountainous with extensive forests, rich mineral resources, and important fisheries. Capital: Victoria. Pop: 4 196 383. Area: 930 532 sq km BC.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRITISH COLUMBIA

British Airports Authority
British and Irish Lions
British Antarctic Territory
British Asian
British Association screw thread
British Broadcasting Corporation
British Cameroons
British Civil Airworthiness Requirements
British Columbian
British Commonwealth of Nations
British Council
British disease
British East Africa
British Empire
British Guiana
British Honduras
British India
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Isles
British Israelite

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRITISH COLUMBIA

Abia
Arabia
cambia
Colombia
Columbia
cumbia
District of Columbia
Gambia
homophobia
labia
Libia
Namibia
Rabia
Saudi Arabia
Senegambia
Serbia
suburbia
The Gambia
tibia
Zambia

Synonyms and antonyms of British Columbia in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «British Columbia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Find out the translation of British Columbia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of British Columbia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «British Columbia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不列颠哥伦比亚省
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Columbia Británica
570 millions of speakers

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British Columbia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ब्रिटिश कोलंबिया
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

كولومبيا البريطانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Британская Колумбия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

British Columbia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্রিটিশ কলাম্বিয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Colombie-Britannique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

British Columbia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

british Columbia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブリティッシュコロンビア州
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

브리티시 컬럼비아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

British Columbia
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

British Columbia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரிட்டிஷ் கொலம்பியா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रिटिश कोलंबिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Britanya Kolumbiyası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

British Columbia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kolumbia Brytyjska
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Британська Колумбія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

British Columbia
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Βρετανική Κολούμπια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

British Columbia
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

British Columbia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

British Columbia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of British Columbia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRITISH COLUMBIA»

The term «British Columbia» is very widely used and occupies the 11.388 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRITISH COLUMBIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about British Columbia

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10 QUOTES WITH «BRITISH COLUMBIA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word British Columbia.
1
Raymond Burr
I grew up near the sea in British Columbia and San Francisco, and lived in Malibu and Fiji for years. I get uncomfortable being too far inland.
2
John Clifford
The avian influenza found in mainland British Columbia poses no significant threat to human health.
3
Stockwell Day
Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses not allow a lesbian group to use its facility for marriage ceremonies. The list goes on.
4
Will Hobbs
My youngest brother and I went on a ten-day canoe trip in Bowron Provincial Park in British Columbia years ago. Believe it or not, we took only granola, thinking we'd be eating a lot of lake trout. Well, we neglected to bring along a net, and our fishing line was only 8-lb. test.
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Ellsworth Huntington
The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America.
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Denis Kearney
There are a few Chinese smuggled in over the borders of British Columbia on the north and Mexico on the south.
7
Wayne Knight
I know there are some people in British Columbia who are still holding a vigil for '3rd Rock'.
8
Dan Miller
In one line of his poem he said good fences make good neighbors. I'd like to think that Alaska and British Columbia working together can prove that we can be pretty darned good neighbors without fences.
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Ruth Ozeki
I live in a beautiful part of British Columbia, and I run through the rainforest. I do have to look over my shoulder to check for a cougar or a wolf though, so sometimes it's not the most relaxing.
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Michael Smith
In 1986, I was asked by the then-Dean of Science at the University of British Columbia, Dr. R.C. Miller, Jr., to establish a new interdisciplinary institute, the Biotechnology Laboratory. I decided that it was time for me to start paying back for the thirty years of fun that I had been able to have in research.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRITISH COLUMBIA»

Discover the use of British Columbia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to British Columbia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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British Columbia: A walking guide
The weather is mild on the coast, more extreme in the mountains and BC even has a desert. The trails in this guide balance coastal and mountain regions. In an area so vast, they can only offer a taste of what British Columbia has to offer.
Janna Wilson, 2010
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Hoofed Mammals of British Columbia
Generously illustrated throughout, this authoritative book brings together all current knowledge on the hoofed mammals of British Columbia.
David M. Shackleton, 1999
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Early Human Occupation in British Columbia
This book represents the archeological evidence for the first 5,500 years of prehistory in British Columbia, from about 10,500 to 5,000 years ago.
Roy L. Carlson, Luke Dalla Bona, 2011
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Plants of Coastal British Columbia: Including Washington, ...
This best-selling, easy-to-use field guide features 794 species of plants commonly found along the Pacific coast from Oregon to Alaska, including trees, shrubs, wildflowers, aquatic plants, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens, and covers the ...
Jim Pojar, Andrew MacKinnon, 1994
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British Columbia Place Names
Houdini Needles. Miniskirt, Tickletoeteaser Tower, and Why Not Mountain. These are just some of the many names of places, rivers, mountains, and lakes that you will come across in the newest edition of British Columbia Place Names.
G. P. (Philip) V. Akrigg, Helen Akrigg, 2011
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Bats of British Columbia
Filled with a large number ofbeautiful and evocative drawings, the book includes descriptions,distributions, and natural histories for each species.
David W. Nagorsen, 1993
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Northern British Columbia Canoe Trips
This second volume of the guidebook series Northern British Columbia Canoe Trips describes in detail 7 spectacular northern BC paddling routes over 11 phenomenal rivers, and is designed to provide canoeists with all the information they ...
Laurel Archer, 2010
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Atlas of British Columbia
Created through close co-operation between government, the private sector, and the unviersity, it is the successor to the British Columbia Atlas of Resources which, for twenty years, has been the standard reference work used by schools, ...
A L Farley, 2011
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Aboriginal Title in British Columbia: Delgamuukw V. the ...
This collection of essays covers a significant judgment in the history of British Columbia and land claims and aboriginal rights and title for the Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en Indians.
Frank Cassidy, 1992
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Alex Lord's British Columbia: Recollections of a Rural ...
Alex Lord, a pioneer inspector of rural British Columbia schools, shares in these recollections his experiences in a province barely out of the stage coach era.
John Calam, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRITISH COLUMBIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term British Columbia is used in the context of the following news items.
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British Columbia sees RM27bil from Petronas gas exports
CALGARY: British Columbia (BC) is pledging to cap levies on Petroliam Nasional Bhd's (Petronas) gas export project as it expects to collect ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
2
BC fires exacerbated by climate change, expert says
The hazy, apocalyptic sky above much of the south coast of British Columbia may not necessarily be the new normal. While it may be more ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
3
British Columbia man died Sunday after attending Paradiso last week
Vivek Pandher, a 22-year-old British Columbia, died Sunday in a hospital in Canada, Grant County Sheriff's Office spokesman Kyle Foreman ... «iFIBER One News, Jul 15»
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British Columbia wildfires
Satellite photo shows smoke from Canada drifting over the North Olympic Peninsula on July 5, 2015. Image released by Clallam County Fire ... «Port Townsend Leader, Jul 15»
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British Columbia's Carbon Tax and “Leakage” Into the US
In the U.S. debate over a carbon tax, one of the alleged smoking guns is the experience of British Columbia. The Canadian province ... «Canada Free Press, Jul 15»
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Wildfires in British Columbia cause smoky skies in San Juans
Islanders woke up to smokey skies the morning of July 5 after a fire on Portage Island, which is near Lummi Island. While that blaze has been ... «Journal of the San Juan Islands, Jul 15»
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US enjoys 1 final title celebration before leaving Canada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Megan Rapinoe strolled around taking selfies, occasionally sipping bubbly with her teammates and trying to ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jul 15»
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Media Advisory - Important announcement in Richmond, British
... Delta-Richmond East, along with Malcolm Brodie, Mayor of Richmond, will make an important announcement in Richmond, British Columbia. «Canada NewsWire, Jul 15»
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British Columbia forests minister says government in talks to bring …
British Columbia forests minister says government in talks to bring back remaining Martin Mars water bomber into service - @CBCNews. «BreakingNews.com, Jul 15»
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Civeo Corporation Announces New Lodge in Kitimat, British Columbia
Civeo Corporation ("Civeo" or the "Company") CVEO, -3.74% one of the largest integrated providers of workforce accommodations, logistics ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»

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