British Columbia

A name given by Queen Victoria when it became a British colony in 1858, referring to the Columbia District, a territory drained by the Columbia River.

In that year [1871] British Columbia decided to become part of the Dominion of Canada, on condition that a transcontinental railway should be completed without delay.

1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, pages 127-128:

A province in western Canada which has Victoria as its capital.

British Columbia
Columbia District
Queen Victoria


Wellington

en-proper noun

Wellington (countable and uncountable, plural Wellingtons)

Wellingtons (plural)
wellington (alternative)

From earlier Weolingtun, from:
# For the place in Shropshire, England: Partly uncertain. The second element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come either from *wœling (“ridge, bank”), or else from *wēoling (“device, artefact”).
# For the place in Somerset, England: Partly obscure. The last element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come from either the personal name *Wēola + ing, or else *wēoling (“trap”).
# Many places with this name are named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A neighborhood of Nanaimo, British Columbia.


sleeve

From Middle English sleve, slefe, from Old English slīef and slīefe (“sleeve”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sleeuwe (“sleeve”), West Frisian slúf, Dutch sloof (“apron”), Low German sluve, dialectal German Schlaube.
The Canadian sense of “measure smaller than a pint” is due to a former conflict between federal law and provincial law in British Columbia. According to federal law, a pint must be 20 imperial ounces (~568 ml), but according to provincial law at the time, the maximum individual serving size was 500 ml, so an individual portion could not be called a “pint” in British Columbia, and required a different term. The provincial law has been changed, allowing servings of up to 24 oz (~682 ml), but the term remains in use. The term sleeve itself for a cylindrical glass of beer is also found in the UK and Australia (as sleever), and may be due to stacked glasses resembling a sleeve.

A protective jacket or case, especially for a record, containing art and information about the contents; also the analogous leaflet found in a packaged CD.

A three-alarm fire tore through a family home on Newark's East Side early Saturday morning, completely gutting the two-story residence and tragically claiming a half-sleeve of Oreo cookies that was trapped inside a cupboard.

2012, Half A Sleeve Of Oreos Lost In House Fire", The Onion, May 5, 2012

(US) A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers, or a similar package of disposable drinking cups.

electrical engineering
electrical engineering

(electrical engineering) A double tube of copper into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube is twisted an electrical connection is made. The joint thus made is called a McIntire joint.


sleeve

en-verb

sleeve (third-person singular simple present sleeves, present participle sleeving, simple past and past participle sleeved)

sleeves (present singular third-person)
sleeving (participle present)
sleeved (participle past)
sleeved (past)

(transitive) To fit and attach a sleeve to an upper garment (e.g. to a shirt, blouse, sweater, jacket, coat, etc.) or to a folder.

There are certain types of sleeving that are difficult to perform with the shirt sleeves down, and it is difficult and risky to attempt sleeving while wearing a shirt with "French" cuffs.

2006, J. B. Bobo, Modern Coin Magic, →ISBN, page 99:

(magic tricks) To hide something up one's sleeve.


Rutland

Unclear. Attested in Old English as Roteland and Ritelanede. Perhaps hrīþer (“cattle”) + land (“land”), or from the personal name Rota + land.

unk

Unclear

A neighborhood of Kelowna, British Columbia; named for early settler John "Hope" Matthew Rutland.


Victorian

From Victoria (“capital of British Columbia, Canada”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns); incorporated as a city in 1862, the settlement which preceded the city was named Fort Victoria after Queen Victoria in 1843.

suffix

(Canada) Of, or native or relating to, the city of Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, Canada.


Victorian

(Canada) A person from the city of Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, Canada.


Dallas

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Dallas.wav

Dallas
Dallas (disambiguation)
George M. Dallas

# The Texas city was named after George M. Dallas, vice president to Polk; family name is evolved from dalhous (13th c.), meaning "dweller at the house in the dale," from dale + house.
# The Scottish place-name is from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh dôl (“meadow, haugh”) + gwas (“abode”).

A neighbourhood of the city of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.


Guildford

The root of the first part may be gold rather than guild: the only known 10th-century (Saxon) record uses Guldeford and in the 11th century Geldeford, both equivalent to gold ford. Local historians suggest that this might refer to golden-coloured flowers or sand.

A neighbourhood of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.


ウェールズ

ja-pos

ウェールズ • (Wēruzu)

[β̞e̞ːɾɯ̟zɨ]

ja:ウェールズ (曖昧さ回避)


British Columbian

en-noun

British Columbian (plural British Columbians)

A native or inhabitant of British Columbia, Canada.


Ogopogo

The ogopogo made no attempt to devour the sailboat crew, as he is reported to have done some years ago in the case of some Indians.

1930 July 19, “Mysterious Ogopogo Is Accused of Capsizing a Canadian Boat”, in The New York Times, page 17:

(Canada, cryptozoology) A large serpentlike aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which is said to live in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada.


Colóim Bhriotanach

head

An Cholóim Bhriotanach f (genitive na Colóime Briotanaí)

An Cholóim Bhriotanach (canonical feminine)
na Colóime Briotanaí (genitive)
Colóim Bhriotanach
Cholóim Bhriotanach
gColóim Bhriotanach


Sardis

From Latin Sardīs, from Ancient Greek Σάρδεις (Sárdeis), ultimately from Lydian 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣 (šfard). As Welsh, American, and Canadian towns, named for the ancient Lydian city chiefly in honor of its role in early Christianity. Doublet of Sart.

A neighbourhood of Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.


Brita Kolumbio

eo-proper noun

Brita Kolumbio (accusative Britan Kolumbion)


renoviction

en-noun

renoviction (countable and uncountable, plural renovictions)

The city's blogs and online communities are filled with rants against so-called "renovictions," as landlords boot out long-time tenants to install hardwood floors and marble countertops in order to hike up rent or pay for things like security and safety upgrades.

2011 September 14, Erica Alini, “Vancouver—the most livable city?”, in Maclean's:

(chiefly British Columbia, Quebec) The eviction of all of a building's tenants on the grounds that a large-scale renovation is planned.


ビーバー

ja-pos

ビーバー • (Bībā)

ja:ビーバー (曖昧さ回避)


Rayleigh

A neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, named after the English town.


Collingwood

A neighbourhood in eastern Vancouver, British Columbia.


ヘンリー

ヘンリー • (Henrī)

A transliteration of the English male given name Henry


Surrey girl

I'm not a slut either. I make fun of Surrey girls heheehe it's fun. I live kinda near guildford mall so I walk up there and laugh at them hehehe

1999 April 12, Emily, “Re: AJ WAS ARRESTED”, in alt.fan.backstreet.boys (Usenet):

'Surrey Girl' jokes are the rage in Greater Vancouver. They're all old ("Why do Surrey Girls wear panties? To keep their ankles warm."), but that's the part of GV that those jokes are told about, which says something.

2000 April 28, Robert Slaven, “Re: Vancouver Sights: Repost of "Teddy Takes a Day Trip"”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet):

Yes, like a drunk Surrey girl he sucks badly almost every night.

2006 January 30, Monster [username], “Re: Weight trade to Carolina”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks (Usenet):

(British Columbia, derogatory) A stereotype of a young woman from Surrey, British Columbia, characterized as unintelligent and promiscuous.


Altamont

A neighbourhood of West Vancouver district, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


Gifford

en-proper noun

Gifford (countable and uncountable, plural Giffords)

Two main origins:
* Habitational surname for someone from Broughton Gifford, from the Old English personal name *Gydda + -ing (“belonging to”) + ford (“ford”).
* From Old French giffard (“chubby-cheeked, bloated”), perhaps a nickname for a big eater.

der

A neighbourhood in the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.


Cranberry

A community and neighbourhood in the city of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.


ブリティッシュコロンビア

ja-pos

ブリティッシュ コロンビア

[bɯ̟ɾʲitʲiɕːɨ̥ ko̞ɾõ̞mbʲia̠]

ja:ブリティッシュコロンビア州


Broadmead

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

A neighbourhood of Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.


Winfield

en-proper noun

Winfield (countable and uncountable, plural Winfields)

Central Okanagan
Central Okanagan#English

A neighbourhood of Lake Country district municipality, Regional District of Central Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada.


Thornhill

Thornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Thornhills)

A neighbourhood of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.


Rockland

en-prop

Rockland (countable and uncountable, plural Rocklands)

A neighbourhood of Victoria, British Columbia.


Harewood

en-proper noun

Harewood (countable and uncountable, plural Harewoods)

From Old English hāra, definite form of hār (“grey”) + wudu (“wood, forest”).

A neighbourhood of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.


Kinnaird

Kinnaird (countable and uncountable, plural Kinnairds)

Scottish habitational surname, from Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head”) + aird (“summit, peak”).

Central Kootenay
Central Kootenay#English

A neighbourhood of Castlegar, Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.


Brittiläinen Kolumbia

Brittiläinen Kolumbia (nominative singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbia (accusative nominative singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbian (accusative genitive singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbian (genitive singular)
Brittiläistä Kolumbiaa (partitive singular)
Brittiläisessä Kolumbiassa (inessive singular)
Brittiläisestä Kolumbiasta (elative singular)
Brittiläiseen Kolumbiaan (illative singular)
Brittiläisellä Kolumbialla (adessive singular)
Brittiläiseltä Kolumbialta (ablative singular)
Brittiläiselle Kolumbialle (allative singular)
Brittiläisenä Kolumbiana (essive singular)
Brittiläiseksi Kolumbiaksi (singular translative)
Brittiläisettä Kolumbiatta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiani (nominative singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiani (accusative nominative singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiani (accusative genitive singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiani (genitive singular)
Brittiläistä Kolumbiaani (partitive singular)
Brittiläisessä Kolumbiassani (inessive singular)
Brittiläisestä Kolumbiastani (elative singular)
Brittiläiseen Kolumbiaani (illative singular)
Brittiläisellä Kolumbiallani (adessive singular)
Brittiläiseltä Kolumbialtani (ablative singular)
Brittiläiselle Kolumbialleni (allative singular)
Brittiläisenä Kolumbianani (essive singular)
Brittiläiseksi Kolumbiakseni (singular translative)
Brittiläisettä Kolumbiattani (abessive singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiasi (nominative singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiasi (accusative nominative singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiasi (accusative genitive singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiasi (genitive singular)
Brittiläistä Kolumbiaasi (partitive singular)
Brittiläisessä Kolumbiassasi (inessive singular)
Brittiläisestä Kolumbiastasi (elative singular)
Brittiläiseen Kolumbiaasi (illative singular)
Brittiläisellä Kolumbiallasi (adessive singular)
Brittiläiseltä Kolumbialtasi (ablative singular)
Brittiläiselle Kolumbiallesi (allative singular)
Brittiläisenä Kolumbianasi (essive singular)
Brittiläiseksi Kolumbiaksesi (singular translative)
Brittiläisettä Kolumbiattasi (abessive singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiamme (nominative singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiamme (accusative nominative singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiamme (accusative genitive singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiamme (genitive singular)
Brittiläistä Kolumbiaamme (partitive singular)
Brittiläisessä Kolumbiassamme (inessive singular)
Brittiläisestä Kolumbiastamme (elative singular)
Brittiläiseen Kolumbiaamme (illative singular)
Brittiläisellä Kolumbiallamme (adessive singular)
Brittiläiseltä Kolumbialtamme (ablative singular)
Brittiläiselle Kolumbiallemme (allative singular)
Brittiläisenä Kolumbianamme (essive singular)
Brittiläiseksi Kolumbiaksemme (singular translative)
Brittiläisettä Kolumbiattamme (abessive singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbianne (nominative singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbianne (accusative nominative singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbianne (accusative genitive singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbianne (genitive singular)
Brittiläistä Kolumbiaanne (partitive singular)
Brittiläisessä Kolumbiassanne (inessive singular)
Brittiläisestä Kolumbiastanne (elative singular)
Brittiläiseen Kolumbiaanne (illative singular)
Brittiläisellä Kolumbiallanne (adessive singular)
Brittiläiseltä Kolumbialtanne (ablative singular)
Brittiläiselle Kolumbiallenne (allative singular)
Brittiläisenä Kolumbiananne (essive singular)
Brittiläiseksi Kolumbiaksenne (singular translative)
Brittiläisettä Kolumbiattanne (abessive singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiansa (nominative singular)
Brittiläinen Kolumbiansa (accusative nominative singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiansa (accusative genitive singular)
Brittiläisen Kolumbiansa (genitive singular)
Brittiläistä Kolumbiaansa (partitive singular)
Brittiläisessä Kolumbiassaan (inessive singular)
Brittiläisessä Kolumbiassansa (inessive singular)
Brittiläisestä Kolumbiastaan (elative singular)
Brittiläisestä Kolumbiastansa (elative singular)
Brittiläiseen Kolumbiaansa (illative singular)
Brittiläisellä Kolumbiallaan (adessive singular)
Brittiläisellä Kolumbiallansa (adessive singular)
Brittiläiseltä Kolumbialtaan (ablative singular)
Brittiläiseltä Kolumbialtansa (ablative singular)
Brittiläiselle Kolumbialleen (allative singular)
Brittiläiselle Kolumbiallensa (allative singular)
Brittiläisenä Kolumbianaan (essive singular)
Brittiläisenä Kolumbianansa (essive singular)
Brittiläiseksi Kolumbiakseen (singular translative)
Brittiläiseksi Kolumbiaksensa (singular translative)
Brittiläisettä Kolumbiattaan (abessive singular)
Brittiläisettä Kolumbiattansa (abessive singular)


Mount Pleasant

A neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia.


Sandy Hook

A neighbourhood of Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada.


Fairview

The name of many places around the world.

A neighbourhood in west Vancouver, British Columbia.


Strathcona

1897, srath + Coe (modern strath), a variant of Glencoe, invented in Canada to avoid the negative associations with the Massacre of Glencoe (1692), created as an aristocratic title for Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal. Other uses derive from places named after Smith.


Port Royal

From port + royal.
* (Jamaica): Calque of Spanish Puerto Real
* (Annapolis, South Carolina): Calque of French Port-Royal
* (Virginia): From the name of a local landowning family, the Roy family.

A neighbourhood of Queensborough, New Westminster, British Columbia.


Port-Royal

English: Port Royal

From port + royal.
* (Jamaica): Calque of Spanish Puerto Real

Port Royal (a neighbourhood of Queensborough, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada)


Brocklehurst

A neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.


Killarney

A neighbourhood in East Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


James Bay

en:James Bay (disambiguation)
en:James Douglas (governor)
en:Thomas James (sea captain)

James + bay;
* (Arctic Ocean): Named after Thomas James, who explored the region in the 1630s
* (Vancouver Island): Named after James Douglas, Governor General of the crown colony of British Columbia

A neighbourhood of Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, named after the inlet


Oaklands

A neighbourhood of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.


Sapperton

A neighbourhood of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.


Creekside

Creekside Village
Creekside Village#English

Ellipsis of Creekside Village.; A neighbourhood of Creekside district, Whistler-Blackcomb, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada


브리티시컬럼비아

[pɯɾitʰiɕʰikʰʌ̹ɭɭʌ̹mbia̠]

[~주(州)] British Columbia (a province of Canada)


ビーシー州

ja-pos

ビーシー州(しゅう) • (Bī-shī-shū)

ビーシー州 (canonical)
Bī-shī-shū (romanization)

[bʲiːɕiːɕɨː]

(dated) BC, British Columbia (a province of Canada)


Ardmore

From Irish Ard Mór (or Aird Mhór) and Scottish Gaelic Aird Mhòr, meaning "great height". See further Old Irish - and Old Irish -.

A neighbourhood in North Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.


Sumas Prairie

From the former Sumas Lake, which occupied the region until it was drained. From being a flatland prairie.

City of Abbottsford
City of Abbottsford#English

District of Sumas
District of Sumas#English

A district of the City of Abbottsford, British Columbia, Canada, the former District of Sumas, which was amalgamated into the city region.


Sumas

From Halkomelem Semá:th, from semá:th (“big level opening”), for the lowland area surrounding Sumas Lake.

Smess (alternative)
Shemotch (alternative)

City of Abbotsford
City of Abbotsford#English

A district of the City of Abbotsford, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada


Big Burn

(historical) The Great Fire of 1910, a wildfire in the Inland Northwest region of the United States that burned three million acres in North Idaho and Western Montana, with extensions into Eastern Washington and Southeast British Columbia, in the summer of 1910.


Dufferin

The New Brunswick parish is named after British politician Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826 - 1902), as is the rural municipality in Manitoba, and probably the other places in Canada.

A neighbourhood of Kamloops, British Columbia.


ប៊្រីឌធីស កូឡុំប៊ី

km-proper noun

ប៊្រីឌធីស កូឡុំប៊ី • (priitthiih koulombii)


Kitsilano

Named by Charles Hill-Trout, from an Anglicization of the Squamish X̱ats'alanexw, a personal name, after August Jack Khatsahlano.

A neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


Британська Колумбія

uk-proper noun

Брита́нська<+> Колу́мбія<sg>

Брита́нська Колу́мбія • (Brytánsʹka Kolúmbija) f inan (genitive Брита́нської Колу́мбії, uncountable)

Брита́нська Колу́мбія (canonical)
Brytánsʹka Kolúmbija (romanization)
Брита́нської Колу́мбії (genitive)
Брита́нська Колу́мбія (nominative singular)
Брита́нської Колу́мбії (genitive singular)
Брита́нській Колу́мбії (dative singular)
Брита́нську Колу́мбію (accusative singular)
Брита́нською Колу́мбією (instrumental singular)
Брита́нській Колу́мбії (locative singular)
Брита́нська Колу́мбіє (singular vocative)

uk-ndecl

Брита́нська<+> Колу́мбія<sg>

uk:Британська Колумбія


Uplands

A neighbourhood in Oak Bay municipality, near Victoria, British Columbia.


Central Okanagan

A regional district in southern British Columbia, Canada, with its headquarters in the city of Kelowna.


Junuary

The Toronto Mail calls it “Juneuary” [so]uther.

1902 June 30, “Current Topics”, in The Hamilton Spectator, volume LV, number 151, Hamilton, Ont., page 4, column 2:

While commiserating with a fellow North Islander the other day I heard a great word used to describe the wild and wooly weather we've been having: Juneuary.

2000 June 21, Karen Stewart, “Weather you like it or not”, in North Island Gazette, Vancouver Island, page 9:

A year ago we went straight from "Junuary" into a similarly drenched July, but this year we've already hit the spray parks, the outdoor pools and had picnics at the park.

2012, Clare Adams, "Summer means outdoors", The Now (Coquitlam, BC), 25 July 2012, page A12

(British Columbia, Northwestern US, humorous) A June with cool, rainy weather, typical of the Pacific Northwest climate.


gym strip

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gym strip.wav

First attested in a 1952 article in the Victoria Daily Times. Used primarily in Victoria-area papers through the 1960s.

But finally, finally the bell rang at two thirty and she could grab her gym strip — that is, her shorts and t-shirt — and head to the change rooms.

2001, Sandra Diersch, Home Court Advantage, page 53:

I unlock my tote box and reach for my gym strip. I grab my stuff and head for a toilet cubicle to change. I hate gym days. Gym class ruins a perfectly good Friday.

Before I forget, I take my gym strip into the laundry room off the kitchen and toss my t-shirt, shorts and socks in the washing machine.

2016, Rosalyn Marie Francis, Math Troubles, page 15:

(British Columbia) A set of clothing (generally a T-shirt and shorts) brought to school to wear during gym class.

Victoria Daily Times
Victoria, British Columbia


Britská Kolumbia

Britská Kolumbia (nominative singular-only)
Britskej Kolumbie (genitive singular-only)
Britskej Kolumbii (dative singular-only)
Britskú Kolumbiu (accusative singular-only)
Britskej Kolumbii (locative singular-only)
Britskou Kolumbiou (instrumental singular-only)