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Cal⋅ga⋅ry

[kal-guh-ree]
–noun
a city in S Alberta, in SW Canada. 469,917.
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Cal·ga·ry   (kāl'gə-rē)   
The largest city of Alberta, Canada, in the southern part south of Edmonton. Site of the annual Calgary Stampede, a famous rodeo dating from 1912, it is the largest city in the province and the center of Canada's petroleum industry. The 1988 Winter Olympics were held here. Population: 988,000.
Cal·gar'i·an (-gâr'ē-ən, -gār'-) n.
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Calgary [(kal-guh-ree)]

City in southern Alberta, Canada.

Note: Calgary is home of the Calgary Stampede, an annual rodeo, and was the host city of the 1988 winter Olympic Games.
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