Alberta

[al-bur-tuh]

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.

Alberta

/ 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)

Alberta

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.

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

“What’s happening is the use of the language of real science to sell their products,” says Timothy Caulfield of the University of Alberta, a veteran debunker of pseudoscience and a co-author of the new paper.

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The man who famously told Ottawa to keep its bureaucratic mitts off Alberta’s oil.

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He is wrestling with a growing secessionist movement in the oil-rich province of Alberta.

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Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet has also criticised Alberta's oil plans, saying that he would denounce any new pipeline from the province for "destroying the environment of the whole planet".

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In August, he won a by-election in Alberta, securing a new seat and a chance to be a foil for Carney in the House.

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