British Definition–adjective | 1. | of or pertaining to Great Britain or its inhabitants. | | 2. | used esp. by natives or inhabitants of Great Britain: I
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From Dictionary Columbia Definition–noun | 1. | a river in SW Canada and the NW United States, flowing S and W from SE British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1214 mi. (1955 km) long. | | 2. | Cape, a cape on the N coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean: northernmost point of Canada. | | 3. |
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