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VANCOUVER ISLAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vancouver Island mean?
• VANCOUVER ISLAND (noun)
The noun VANCOUVER ISLAND has 1 sense:
1. an island off southwestern Canada (off the southwestern coast of British Columbia); the largest island off the west coast of North America
Familiarity information: VANCOUVER ISLAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island off southwestern Canada (off the southwestern coast of British Columbia); the largest island off the west coast of North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Domain region:
British Columbia (a province in western Canada)
Holonyms ("Vancouver Island" is a part of...):
British Columbia (a province in western Canada)
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