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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 Americaplay

  Familiarity information: VANCOUVER ISLAND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VANCOUVER ISLAND (noun)


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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