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Alberta

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Noun

1. alberta

one of the three prairie provinces in western Canada; rich in oil and natural gas and minerals

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Alberta

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noun
a province of W Canada: mostly prairie, with the Rocky Mountains in the southwest. Capital: Edmonton. Pop: 3 645 257 (2011 est). Area: 661 188 sq km (255 285 sq miles)
. Abbreviation: Alta., AB

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Alberta

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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Alberta

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A province of western Canada between British Columbia and Saskatchewan. It was admitted as a province in 1905. Wheat farming and cattle ranching 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 the largest city.

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