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Edmonton

American

[ed-muhn-tuhn] / ˈɛd mən tən /

noun

a city in and the capital of Alberta, in the central part, in SW Canada.

Edmonton British

/ ˈɛdməntən /

noun

a city in W Canada, capital of Alberta: oil industry. Pop: 782 101 (2001)

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Edmonton Cultural

Capital of Alberta, Canada, and largest city in the province.

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It began production in Toronto in 1976, moved to Edmonton and eventually migrated to NBC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Royal Alexandra Hospital is in Edmonton, where patients are being transferred.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

So reads a Saturday headline in the Edmonton Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Carney was born in Fort Smith, a remote town in Canada's Northwest Territories, and was raised in Edmonton, Alberta, a province rich in hydrocarbons.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

In 1898, prospecting led him to a nearly vacant trail crossing that the trappers called Edmonton, where he found that the soil was the perfect medium for making brick.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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