British Columbia

English region Q1973 en Location of the province of British Columbia in Canada Etymology 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. Pronunciation en /ˈbɹɪt.ɪʃ kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/ UK en En-ca-British Columbia.ogg Canada Proper noun en Q1973en province in western c/Canada Victoria Vancouver. en 1954 February Trevor Holloway Canada's Transcontinental Routes Railway Magazine 127-128 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. Synonyms BC postal symbol B.C., B. C. Derived terms en British California British Columbia Coast British Columbia Interior British Columbian Coast of British Columbia Interior of British Columbia Translations province of Canada Afrikaans: af Brits-Columbië, af Brits-Kolumbië Arabic: ar كُولُومْبِيَا اَلْبِرِيطَانِيَّة f kulumbiyā l-biriṭāniyya Armenian: hy Բրիտանական Կոլումբիա Belarusian: be Брытанская Калумбія f Bengali: bn বিলাতী কলম্বিয়া Breton: br Kolombia Vreizhveuriat f Bulgarian: bg Брита́нска Колу́мбия f Catalan: ca Colúmbia Britànica f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 不列顛哥倫比亞 bat1 lit6 din1 go1 leon4 bei2 aa3, yue 英屬哥倫比亞 jing1 suk6 go1 leon4 bei2 aa3, yue 卑詩 bei1 si1 short form Mandarin: cmn 不列顛哥倫比亞 Bùlièdiān Gēlúnbǐyà, cmn 英屬哥倫比亞 Yīngshǔ Gēlúnbǐyà Czech: cs Britská Kolumbie f Danish: da Britisk Columbia n Dutch: nl Brits-Columbia n Esperanto: eo Brita Kolumbio Estonian: et Briti Columbia Finnish: fi Brittiläinen Kolumbia French: fr Colombie-Britannique f Galician: gl Columbia Británica f Georgian: ka ბრიტანეთის კოლუმბია German: de Britisch-Kolumbien n, de British Columbia n Greek: el Βρετανική Κολομβία f Hawaiian: haw Kolumepia Pelekania Hebrew: he קולומביה הבריטית Hindi: hi ब्रिटिश कोलंबिया Hungarian: hu Brit Columbia Irish: ga Colóim Bhriotanach f Italian: it Columbia Britannica f Japanese: ja ブリティッシュ・コロンビア Buritisshu-Koronbia, ja 英領コロンビア Eiryō Koronbia Khmer: km ប៊្រីឌធីស កូឡុំប៊ី Korean: ko 브리티시컬럼비아 Beuritisi Keolleombia Latin: la Columbia Britannica f Latvian: lv Britu Kolumbija f Lithuanian: lt Britų Kolumbija f Macedonian: mk Британска Колумбија f Mongolian: mn Бритиш Коламбиа Norman: nrf Colombie Britannique f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Britisk Columbia Nynorsk: nn Britisk Columbia Occitan: oc Colómbia Britanica f, oc Colúmbia Britanica f Persian: fa بریتیش کلمبیا Polish: pl Kolumbia Brytyjska f Portuguese: pt Colúmbia Britânica f Romanian: ro Columbia Britanică f Russian: ru Брита́нская Колу́мбия f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Британска Колумбија f Latin: sh Britanska Kolumbija f Slovak: sk Britská Kolumbia f Slovene: sl Británska Kolúmbija f Spanish: es Columbia Británica f Swedish: sv British Columbia n Turkish: tr Britanya Kolumbiyası Ukrainian: uk Британська Колумбія f Urdu: ur برٹش کولمبیا ? briṭiś kolambiyā See also