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Alberta

(al bʉrt′ə)

noun

a feminine name: var. Albertine

Origin: fem. of Albert

province of SW Canada: 255,285 sq mi (661,185 sq km); pop. 2,697,000; cap. Edmonton: abbrev. AB or Alta

Origin: after Princess Louise Alberta, daughter of Queen Victoria & wife of the Marquess of Lorne, Cdn gov. gen. (1878-83)

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Albertan adjective, noun

See Alberta in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A province of western Canada between British Columbia and Saskatchewan. It joined the confederation in 1905. Wheat and cattle farming were the basis of the province's economy until the discovery of oil and natural gas in the early 1960s. Edmonton is the capital and Calgary is the largest city. Population: 3,290,000.

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