capital of Alberta, Canada, in the central part: pop. 616,000 (met. area, 863,000)
Origin:
prob. after Edmonton, former borough of London, England
See Edmonton in American Heritage Dictionary 4
The capital of Alberta, Canada, in the central part of the province north of Calgary. It was founded in 1795 as a fort and trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company. Population: 730,000.