Albany
Americannoun
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a city in and the capital of New York, in the eastern part, on the Hudson.
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a city in southwestern Georgia.
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a city in western Oregon.
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a seaport in southwestern Australia: known as a resort town.
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a city in western California, on San Francisco Bay.
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a river in central Canada, flowing east from western Ontario to James Bay. 610 miles (980 km) long.
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a city in E New York State, on the Hudson River: the state capital. Pop: 93 919 (2003 est)
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a river in central Canada, flowing east and northeast to James Bay. Length: 982 km (610 miles)
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a port in southwest Western Australia: founded as a penal colony. Pop: 22 415 (2001)
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Involved with much shipping, Albany is a major transshipment point. It used to be an important fur-trading center.
Example Sentences
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The eastern-most port of the Erie Canal, Albany had grown to about fifty thousand residents.
From Literature
East of Columbus, Ohio, where New Albany has become another data-center hot spot, community development director Jennifer Chrysler last year gave so many presentations to out-of-town peers that it strained her small staff.
Police in Moore's hometown of New Albany, Indiana were called to a property on Saturday night, when Moore was found in a garage.
From BBC
Backroom talks are ongoing in Albany to finalize the budget which must be concluded in the spring.
From Barron's
The Wednesday morning closed-door deposition Wednesday morning took place at the 88-year-old’s residence in New Albany, Ohio.
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