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Na·nai·mo

(nə-nī′mō)

A city of southwest British Columbia, Canada, on the east coast of Vancouver Island across the Strait of Georgia from Vancouver. Originally an outpost of the Hudson's Bay Company, it was settled in the 1850s after the discovery of coal.

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Na•nai•mo

(nəˈnaɪ moʊ)

n.

a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the SE part of Vancouver Island. 50,890.

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

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