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Alberta

Alberta

31 1.6
A province in western Canada with wide plains and a large oil industry
  • proper noun
  • /ælˈbɜrtə/
: Alberta
  • This is the oil sands of Alberta and Venezuela.
  • Alberta, Canada
  • Province of Alberta
  • University of Alberta

Well, my boys lived in Alberta, so they didn't see it all the time.

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Examples

  • The authors acknowledge research funding support from the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Water Research and from the Canadian Water Network.

    Academic text (2008)
  • I will mention that one of the hotbeds of Go development was the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

  • -But I live in Alberta now.

  • Yet oil has had the most pronounced effect on the internal politics of Alberta itself.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Unfortunately, the Alberta government appears to be moving in the exact opposite direction.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The main environmental statutes in Alberta are the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Hi guys, my name is Elisa and I'm from Alberta, Canada.

  • So Venezuela has something called the Orinoco Sands and Alberta, Canada has a tar sands.

  • Domesticated elk herds in Alberta were investigated for evidence of M. bovis infection.

    Academic text (1992)
  • I am Amanda from Alberta, Canada.

Surface Forms

Alberta main

Etymology

Alberta comes from the name of Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, a daughter of Queen Victoria. Her name is the female form of Albert, which means 'noble' and 'bright', so the province was named after a royal person.