Geographicals

British Columbia

A province of Canada on the Pacific coast. Its capital is Victoria. The name given in 1858 derives from the Columbia River which was named by the American captain Robert Gray for his ship Columbia which in turn was named for Columbus. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p178 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p81-2)

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A province of Canada on the Pacific coast. Its capital is Victoria. The name given in 1858 derives from the Columbia River which was named by the American captain Robert Gray for his ship Columbia which in turn was named for Columbus. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p178 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p81-2)

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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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a province of Canada on the Pacific coast

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  1. Z01w.107w.567w.176w.160w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. British Columbia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001955. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001955
  2. British Columbia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia
  3. British Columbia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1973