Albany

American  

[awl-buh-nee] / ˈɔl bə ni /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of New York, in the eastern part, on the Hudson.

2. a city in southwestern Georgia.

3. a city in western Oregon.

4. a seaport in southwestern Australia: known as a resort town.

5. a city in western California, on San Francisco Bay.

6. a river in central Canada, flowing east from western Ontario to James Bay. 610 miles (980 km) long.

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Albany British  

/ ˈɔːlbənɪ /

noun

1. a city in E New York State, on the Hudson River: the state capital. Pop: 93 919 (2003 est)

2. a river in central Canada, flowing east and northeast to James Bay. Length: 982 km (610 miles)

3. a port in southwest Western Australia: founded as a penal colony. Pop: 22 415 (2001)

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Albany Cultural  

1. State capital located in eastern New York, on the west bank of the Hudson River.

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Involved with much shipping, Albany is a major transshipment point. It used to be an important fur-trading center.

Example Sentences

Born in New York's state capital Albany, Warsh graduated from high school in that area before obtaining degrees from Stanford University and Harvard Law School.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

"Pakistan has rebuilt relevance," says Christopher Clary, a security affairs expert at the University at Albany.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Just across the river in southern Indiana, the towns of New Albany and Clarksville have also gone upmarket, serving as the Brooklyn or New Jersey of Louisville, depending on whom you ask.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Duffy and Yue Li, an associate professor of economics at the State University of New York at Albany, co-authored a new study, “Early Social Security Claiming and Slow Asset Decumulation: Experimental Evidence.“

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Like me, they had taken a civil service test nearly two years before and then not heard a word until January 1997, when we’d all been summoned to Albany for physical and psychological testing.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover