Alberta

American  

[al-bur-tuh] / ælˈbɜr tə /

noun

1. a province in western Canada. 255,285 sq. mi. (661,190 sq. km). Edmonton. Alba., Alta.

2. a first name, form of Albertine.

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Alberta British  

/ ælˈbɜːtə /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Alta.   AB.  a province of W Canada: mostly prairie, with the Rocky Mountains in the southwest Capital: Edmonton. Pop: 3 201 895 (2004 est). Area: 661 188 sq km (255 285 sq miles)

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Alberta Cultural  

1. Province in western Canada, bordered by the Northwest Territories to the north, Saskatchewan to the east, Montana to the south, and British Columbia to the west. Edmonton is its capital and largest city.

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Recent exploitation of oil, natural gas, and mineral resources has replaced agriculture as Alberta's primary industry.

Banff, in the Canadian Rockies (see Rocky Mountains), is a popular vacation spot.

Other Word Forms

• Albertan
  adjective

Example Sentences

Arc is focused on the Montney shale basin that stretches across the border between British Columbia and Alberta.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Enbridge’s Westcoast Energy affiliate operates a transmission system that transports processed natural gas to customers in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, and to customers in the Pacific Northwest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

That’s attracted major productions including HBO’s apocalypse drama “The Last of Us,” which filmed its first season in Alberta; and FX’s “Shogun,” which shot in British Columbia, long a film hub.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Alberta Minister of Energy and Mines Brian Jean said at the conference that Canada is having “good discussions with Asia and different jurisdictions” about funding the pipelines.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Alberta Spruill, a fifty-seven-year-old city worker from Harlem, is among the fallen.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander