Albany

(ôlbə nē)

  1. capital of N.Y., on the Hudson: pop. 96,000
  2. city in SW Ga.: pop. 77,000

Origin: after the Duke of York and Albany, later James II

See Albany in American Heritage Dictionary 4

  1. A city of southwest Georgia on the Flint River southeast of Columbus. It is an industrial and processing center in a pecan- and peanut-growing area. Population: 75,300.
  2. The capital (since 1797) of New York, in the eastern part of the state on the west bank of the Hudson River at the head of deep-water navigation. The early 17th-century Dutch settlement Fort Orange was renamed Albany when the English took control in 1664. Population: 94,000.

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