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Alberta
54.5000°N -115.0000°W · Q1951
2 English words in this atlas trace back to Alberta. It sits in Canada.
albertosaurnoun · 20th century
Well attestedThe dinosaur is named for a Canadian province.
Albertosaurus was described in 1905 from specimens in the badlands of Alberta, and named for the province in its founding year.
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Alberta clippernoun · 20th century
Well attestedOne weather term, two borrowings: a Canadian province and a racing sailing ship.
Forecasters named these systems for Alberta, where the lee of the Rockies spins them up, and for the clipper ships whose speed they seemed to match. They cross the mountains wrung dry, so the drama is usually the temperature crash rather than the snowfall.
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