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British Columbia

province of SW Canada, on the Pacific: 367,671 sq mi (952,263 sq km); pop. 3,725,000; cap. Victoria: abbrev. BC or B.C.

Etymology: after the Columbia River

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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