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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A province in western Canada

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

Canadian province (Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes)

Meronyms (parts of "British Columbia"):

Pacific Northwest (a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia)

Nanaimo (a town in southwestern British Columbia on Vancouver Island to the west of Vancouver)

Victoria (capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island)

Vancouver (a port city in southwestern British Columbia on an arm of the Pacific Ocean opposite Vancouver Island; Canada's chief Pacific port and third largest city)

Vancouver Island (an island off southwestern Canada (off the southwestern coast of British Columbia); the largest island off the west coast of North America)

Inland Passage; Inside Passage (a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska)

Queen Charlotte Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia)

Selkirk Mountains (a range of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern British Columbia)

Takakkaw (a waterfall in southeastern British Columbia; the highest waterfall in Canada (1250 feet high))

Domain member region:

Vancouver Island (an island off southwestern Canada (off the southwestern coast of British Columbia); the largest island off the west coast of North America)

Holonyms ("British Columbia" is a part of...):

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)

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