Originally named Vancouver, early settlers quickly renamed area to Tha Couve, which literally translates "The Cave" or "The Dark Place" This refers to a large cave where all girls reside in Vancouver year round, only coming out for the 5 sunny days in august to aimlessly cruise mill plain.

Slang for the town of Vancouver, located in Washington. Note: Do not confuse with Vancouver in canada, they are the "La Couve." Canucks.

Vancouver, WA a suburb of Portland, OR. "The Couve" is a town in SW Washington State. It's main activity is party hopping from one lame house to another before finally settling on the one with most amount of common-known people. It's main import is marijuana while it's main export is bar-flys. It has one mall, tons of good weed, tons of pill-poppers and lots of chicks who put out.

The only city that's a suburb of P-town (portland, OR), but in washington. couve killa's are from The Couve, and anyone who's anyone refers to Vancouver as "The/Da Couve." When asked in a game of "outburst" for nicknames of cities, what was said first? oh yeah, "The Couve," cuz that's how we rock it.