Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern Alberta, Canada, south of Edmonton. It grew with the development of the cattle industry in the late 1800s and later became the center of Canada's petroleum industry.
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- proper noun The
largest city of the province ofAlberta (Canada ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the largest city in southern Alberta; an oil and gas center and a technology center for Alberta and most of western Canada
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Examples
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CALGARY - A new gopher-killing tool called the Rodenator is behind a massive grass fire that threatened several homes just west of Calgary on the Easter weekend.
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CALGARY - A new gopher-killing tool called the Rodenator is behind a massive grass fire that threatened several homes just west of Calgary on the Easter weekend.
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Rich's celebration of life will be held at SOUTH CALGARY FUNERAL CENTRE, 12700 Macleod Trail South, Calgary, AB (corner of Macleod Trail and Lake Fraser Gate) on Saturday, February 18, 2006 at 1: 00 p.m.
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CALGARY - A Calgary woman is pleading with Prime Minister Stephen Harper to help her bring her 12-year-old son home to Canada.
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CALGARY - Charges have been laid against two men after a serious assault in Calgary left a man in his 20s fighting for his life.
Edmonton Sun 2010
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CALGARY - A young boy has fallen to his death from an apartment building in Calgary.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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CALGARY - Calgary police have laid charges against nine people in connection with Tuesday's
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CALGARY - John Hufnagel will not tolerate any off-day trash talking by the Calgary
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CALGARY - After falling victim to scam artists promising a charter bus ride to London, a Calgary couple left stranded in Rome by the Icelandic volcano eruption are worried they'll no longer be able to afford to get home.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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CALGARY - Charges have been laid against two men after a serious assault in Calgary left a man in his 20s fighting for his life.
Toronto Sun 2010
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