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Calgary

cal·gary

UK/ˈkæl.ɡə.ɹi/ US/ˈkæl.ɡɹi/ uncommon

noun

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the largest city in southern Alberta; an oil and gas center and a technology center for Alberta and most of western Canada

Origin

From Scottish Gaelic cala (“harbor”) + ghearraidh, genitive of gearraidh (“pasture”) (compare Old Norse garðr (“courtyard, enclosed space”)). The Canadian city was named after the village on Mull, Scotland.

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