British Columbia
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Name (Hebrew)
קולומביה הבריטית
Name (Latin)
British Columbia
Other forms of name
B.C. (British Columbia)
Beritiš Kolambiyā
Britaniya Kolumbiyası
Britanska Kolumbii︠a︡
Britanska Kolumbija
Britanya Kolumbiyası
Briti Columbia
Britisch-Kolumbien
British Columbia (Colony)
Britisk Columbia
Britiš Kolambiyā
Brits-Columbia
Brits-Kolombië
Britská Kolumbie
Brytanskai︠a︡ Kalumbii︠a︡
C.-B. (Province)
Colony of British Columbia
Columbia Britannica
Colúmbia Britànica
Province of British Columbia
Puritis Kalampia
United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia
Uweti Gilis Golvmiquida
Vretanikē Kolomvia
Colombie-Britannique
B.C
BC
Coordinates
-124.5 -124.5 54.5 54.5 (gooearth )
W1250012 W1250012 N0535959 N0535959 (geonames )
Associated country
Canada
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- British Columbia. Ministry of Social Services and Housing. Annual report, 1989/90t.p. (Province of British Columbia)
- ᎤᏪᏘ ᎩᎵᏍ ᎪᎸᎻᏈᏓ = Uweti Gilis Golvmiquida ( (Cherokee Nation. Language Technology. Genada, between 2000 and 2025?, viewed online October 13, 2025) )
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm1; 53°59ʹ59ʺN 125°00ʹ12ʺW)
- The Canadian encyclopedia, via WWW, Feb. 27, 2006:Vancouver Island (The Treaty of Washington (1846) established the Island as British territory; it was made a British crown colony in 1849. It united with the mainland BC colony in 1866) British Columbia (the British established the mainland colony of British Columbia in 1858 under the authority of James Douglas, who remained governor of Vancouver Island. The British government united the 2 colonies in 1866. After 1867 the British colony on the West Coast debated whether it should join the new confederation of eastern provinces known as Canada. In 1871 the 12,000 non-native residents of BC agreed to enter the Dominion of Canada)
- Wikidata, October 13, 2025(British Columbia; French: Colombie-Britannique; Inuktitut: ᐳᕆᑎᔅ ᑲᓚᒻᐱᐊ = Puritis Kalampia; Spanish: Columbia Británica; Italian: Columbia Britannica; Dutch: Brits-Columbia; Portuguese: Colúmbia Britânica; Turkish: Britanya Kolumbiyası; Amharic: ብሪቲሽ ኮለምቢያ = Britiš Kolambiyā)
- Wikipedia, Feb. 27, 2006(British Columbia, or simply B.C. or BC (French: Colombie-Britannique, C.-B.); in 1858, the mainland was organized into the Colony of British Columbia; the two colonies of Vancouver's Island and British Columbia merged in 1866, with the name British Columbia being applied to the newly united colony. British Columbia joined Canada on July 20, 1871; United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia was the name informally given to the defacto amalgamation of the two crown colonies from 1866 until their incorporation into the Canadian Confederation in 1871) Nov. 3, 2008 (Afrikaans page: Brits-Kolombië; Azerbaijani page: Britaniya Kolumbiyası; Belarusian page: Брытанская Калумбія = Brytanskai︠a︡ Kalumbii︠a︡; Bosnian page: Britanska Kolumbija; Bulgarian page: Британска Колумбия = Britanska Kolumbii︠a︡; Catalan page: Colúmbia Britànica; Czech page: Britská Kolumbie; Danish page: Britisk Columbia; German page: Britisch-Kolumbien; Estonian page: Briti Columbia; Greek page: Βρετανική Κολομβία = Vretanikē Kolomvia)
- Wikipedia, Feb. 27, 2006(Vancouver Island was a crown colony of British North America from 1849 to 1866, after which it was united with British Columbia)
- NLC 10-14-83(AACR 2: British Columbia)
- Agricultural statistics profile, 1984:t.p. (BC, B.C.) preface (British Columbia)