a province of W Canada: mostly prairie, with the Rocky Mountains in the southwest. Capital: Edmonton. Pop: 3 645 257 (2011 est). Area: 661 188 sq km (255 285 sq miles)
Abbreviation: Alta., AB
Alberta in American English1
(ælˈbɜrtə)
noun
a feminine name: var. Albertine
Word origin
fem. of Albert1
Alberta in American English2
(ælˈbɜrtə)
province of SW Canada: 255,285 sq mi (661,185 sq km); pop. 2,697,000; cap. Edmonton
abbrev. AB or Alta
Derived forms
Albertan (Alˈbertan)
adjective, noun
Word origin
after Princess Louise Alberta, daughter of Queen Victoria & wife of the Marquess of Lorne, Cdn gov. gen. (1878-83)