Vancouver

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• /vænˈkuː.vɚ/
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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.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Vankuvër — city
• Amharic: ቫንኩቨር (vankuvär) — city
• Arabic: فَانْكُوفَر (fānkūfar) — city
• Arabic: فانكوفر (fānkūfar) — city
• Armenian: Վանկուվեր (Vankuver) — city
• Azerbaijani: Vankuver — city
• Belarusian: Ванку́вер (Vankúvjer) — city
• Bengali: ভ্যানকুভার (bhênkubhar) — city
• Bulgarian: Ванку́вър (Vankúvǎr) — city
• Burmese: ဗန်ကူးဗား (banku:ba:) — city
• Cherokee: ᏪᏂᎫᏪᎵ (weniguweli) — city
• Chinese Cantonese: 溫哥華 /温哥华 — city
• Chinese Mandarin: 溫哥華 /温哥华 (Wēngēhuá) — city
• Czech: Vancouver — city
• Danish: Vancouver — city
• Dutch: Vancouver — city
• Esperanto: Vankuvero — city
• Estonian: Vancouver — city
• Finnish: Vancouver — city
• French: Vancouver — city
• Georgian: ვანკუვერი (vanḳuveri) — city
• German: Vancouver — city
• Greek: Βανκούβερ (Vankoúver) — city
• Greek: Βανκουβέριο (Vankouvério) — city
• Gujarati: વાનકુવર (vānkuvar) — city
• Halkomelem: lhq’á:lets — city
• Hebrew: וַנְקוּבֶר (vankuver) — city
• Hindi: वैंकूवर (va͠ikūvar) — city
• Hungarian: Vancouver — city
• Irish: Vancúbhar — city
• Jamaican Creole: Vangkuuva — city
• Japanese: ヴァンクーヴァー (Vankūvā) — city
• Japanese: バンクーバー (Bankūbā) — city
• Kannada: ವ್ಯಾಂಕೋವರ್ (vyāṅkōvar) — city
• Kazakh: Ванкувер (Vankuver) — city
• Khmer: វែនឃូវើ (vɛɛnkhuuvəə) — city
• Khmer: វ៉ាន់ខូវឺ (vankhouvɨɨ) — city
• Korean: 밴쿠버 (baenkubeo) — city
• Central Kurdish: ڤانکۆڤەر (vankover) — city
• Kyrgyz: Ванкувер (Vankuver) — city
• Latin: Vancuverium — city
• Latvian: Vankūvera — city
• Lithuanian: Vankuveris — city
• Macedonian: Ванку́вер (Vankúver) — city
• Malayalam: വാൻകൂവർ (vāṉkūvaṟ) — city
• Marathi: व्हँकूव्हर (vhĕṅkūvhar) — city
• Mongolian: Ванкувер (Vankuver) — city
• Nepali: भ्यानकुभर (bhyānakubhar) — city
• Norwegian: Vancouver — city
• Persian: ونکوور (vankuver) — city
• Polish: Vancouver — city
• Portuguese: Vancouver — city
• Punjabi: ਵੈਨਕੂਵਰ (vainkūvar) — city
• Punjabi: وینکوور (venkovr) — city
• Romanian: Vancouver — city
• Russian: Ванку́вер (Vankúver) — city
• Sinhalese: වැන්කුවර් (wænkuwar) — city
• Spanish: Vancouver — city
• Squamish: kʼemkʼemeláy̓ — city
• Swedish: Vancouver — city
• Tamil: வான்கூவர் (vāṉkūvar) — city
• Telugu: వాంకోవర్ (vāṅkōvar) — city
• Thai: แวนคูเวอร์ (wɛɛn-kuu-wə̂ə) — city
• Turkish: Vancouver — city
• Turkmen: Wankuwer — city
• Ukrainian: Ванку́вер (Vankúver) — city
• Urdu: وینکوور (venkūvar) — city
• Uyghur: ۋانكۇۋېر (wankuwër) — city
• Uzbek: Vankuver — city
• Vietnamese: Vancouver — city
• Zhuang: Vwnhgohvaz — city