Alberta

Proper noun

Alberta

1. A province in western Canada. Capital: Edmonton. Largest city: Calgary.
2. Former name of Rockwood: an unincorporated community in Imperial County, California, United States.
3. A female given name from the Germanic languages, masculine equivalent Albert.
   • Alberta is more like a man's name than any other name that comes from a men's, more than Georgianna which is just like a magnolia blossom or Henrietta which most people change to Etta or Geraldine which nobody ever thinks of coming from a man's Irish name like Gerald. Alberta also sounds sort of...1936, George Weller, Clutch and Differential, Ayer, published 1970, →ISBN, page 196
4. A surname.