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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪt.ɪʃ kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/

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British Columbia

2. A province in western Canada. Capital: Victoria. Largest city: Vancouver.
   • 1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, pages 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.

• BC (postal symbol)
• B.C., B. C.