Bentley

From Old English Beonetlēah. Originally a Sussex habitational name, the word leah or leag meaning field in Old English. Hence, equivalent to bent (“bent-grass”) + -leigh/lea (“meadow, field”); compare Bentham.

A place name, including:
A town in Alberta, Canada.


Vulcan

From Latin Vulcānus, probably from Etruscan although very unclear, but unknown meaning and further origin (see more in Latin entry). Doublet of bolcane and volcano.

A town in Vulcan County, southern Alberta, Canada.


Devon

From Old English Defenas, which meant both "Devonians" and "Devon," exemplifying the common Anglo-Saxon practice of naming a place after the people who inhabit it.

Any of a number of places in US and Canada.


Devon

de-proper noun

Devon n (proper noun, genitive Devons or (optionally with an article) Devon)

Devons (genitive)
Devon (genitive with-article)
Devon (nominative singular)
Devons (genitive singular)
Devon (dative singular)
Devon (accusative singular)


Viking

Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr (“Viking”). Already in Old English as wīċing and Old Frisian wītsing, but assumed extinct in Middle English and borrowed anew in the 19th century; any survivals in dialect through the Middle Ages are unknown.
Old Norse víkingr itself is from Old Norse vík (“inlet, cove, fjord”) + -ingr (“one belonging to, one who frequents”) (the -r is the nominative desinence). Thus, “one from or who frequents the sea’s inlets”.
The Old English and Anglo-Frisian form, existing since at least the eighth century, could also have been derived from or influenced by Old English wīc (“camp”), on account of the temporary encampments which were often a prominent feature of the Vikings’ raids.
Others proposals were made, like e.g. deriving víkingr from the root related to the verb víkja or deriving both English and Old Norse words to *wīkingaz related to víkja or wīc.


Raymond

en-proper noun

Raymond (countable and uncountable, plural Raymonds)

From Old French, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *raginą (“advice”) + *mundō (“protection”).

A town in the County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada.


Castor

A town in Alberta, Canada. From French castor (“beaver”).


Wainwright

From Old English wægnwyrhta, equivalent to wain (“large wagon for farm use”) + wright (“worker; maker”).
The Canadian town is named after William Wainwright, the second vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway along which the town was built.

A municipal district (Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61) and town therein, in Alberta, Canada.


Vauxhall

→ Dutch: vauxhall

desctree

→ Russian: вокза́л (vokzál, “(transport) station, terminal”), вокза́лъ (vokzál) — Pre-reform orthography (1918), фокса́л (foksál), вокса́л (voksál), воксга́л (voksgál) — obsolete
→ Armenian: վոկզալ (vokzal), վակզալ (vakzal)
→ Azerbaijani: vağzal
→ Belarusian: вакза́л (vakzál)
→ Georgian: ვაგზალი (vagzali)
→ Ingrian: vokzala
→ Kazakh: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Kyrgyz: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Lithuanian: agzolas
→ Mongolian:
Cyrillic script: вокзал (vokzal)
Mongolian script: ᠸᠣᠻᠽᠠᠯ (wokzal)
→ Polish: woksal, wogzał
→ Tajik: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Tatar: вокзал (woqzal)
→ Turkmen: wokzal
→ Udmurt: вокзал (vokzal)
→ Ukrainian: вокза́л (vokzál)
→ Uyghur: ۋوگزال (wogzal)
→ Uzbek: vokzal

→ Polish: Foksal

Falkes de Breauté
Vauxhall (disambiguation)

Generally thought to have originated in the late 13th century, from the name of Falkes de Breauté, the head of King John's mercenaries, who owned a large house in the area, known as Faulke's Hall, later Foxhall, and eventually Vauxhall.


Hanna

en-proper noun

Hanna (countable and uncountable, plural Hannas)

Variant spelling of Hannah or romanization of Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥanâ), chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה (ḥanâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As an Oklahoman town, named for Hanna Bullett, one of the initial settlers. As a Polish village, named for the queen Anna Jagiellon.


Jasper

A name given to one of the Magi in a medieval European cult, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more.

A placename:
A place in Canada
A town in Alberta, Canada.


Wembley

Derived from the Old English proper name Wemba and lēah (“clearing in a forest; meadow, leigh”).

A town in the County of Grande Prairie, No.1, northern Alberta, Canada.


St. Paul

A town in Alberta, Canada, in the County of St. Paul.


Manning

County of Northern Lights
County of Northern Lights#English

A town in the County of Northern Lights, Alberta, Canada.


Bowden

Uncertain, but the most accepted theory is that it originated from the maiden name of the wife of a surveyor named Williamson, who named the settlement along the Edmonton–Calgary Trail. Another theory states it originated from the
village of Bowdon in Greater Manchester, England.


Gibbons

A town in Sturgeon County, central Alberta, Canada.


Legal

Named in honour of Bishop Émile-Joseph Legal.


Cochrane

The surname has multiple origins:
# From the placename "Lowlands of Cochrane", in Paisley, Renfrewshire.
# An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic Maceachrain.
# An anglicization of Irish Ó Corcráin (“descendant of Corcrán”).

der

A town in Rocky View County, Calgary metropolitan region, Alberta, Canada.

Rocky View County
Rocky View County#English


Banff

From Scottish Gaelic, possibly banbh (“piglet”) or bean (“woman”) + naomh (“holy”).


Athabasca

Translingual: athabascae

From Woods Cree [Term?]/Cree Athap-askaw. Compare to Plains Cree ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐘᐢᑯᐢᑳᐤ (“there are many reeds”) or Cree ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐘᐢᑳᐤ (aaniskowaskaaw, “it is full of reeds”), from ᐋᓂᐢᑯᐘᐢᑿ (aaniskowaskwa, “reeds, bullrushes”). Doublet of Arthabaska, Quebec, from Abenaki awabaska (“place of bushes and reeds”).
The Cree name originally applied to the lake, and the river delta (the world's largest inland freshwater delta) and was borrowed into French and English by fur traders. The river was named by extension, and the town's name is clipping of "Athabasca Landing". The Cree name for the town is ᑲᐹᐏᓂᕁ (kapaawinihk, “portage, landing, disembarkation”).

cog

A town in Alberta, Canada, on the Athabasca River. Formerly "Athabasca Landing"


Hinton

en-proper noun

Hinton (countable and uncountable, plural Hintons)

From either Old English hēan, dative form of hēah (“high”), or hīwan (“household”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A town in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.


Ponoka

A town, the headquarters of Ponoka County, Alberta, Canada.


Macleod

Macleod (countable and uncountable, plural Macleods)

Anglicization of various Irish or Scottish Gaelic surnames. In Canada, the surname is also used as a common Anglicization of Cree ᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠ (mahkiyok, “the big one”) according to records of Scottish missionaries.
* (town in Alberta): see entry for Fort Macleod.

A town in Alberta, Canada; modern Fort Macleod.


Edson

From Ed + -son; originally given to the son of a man named Ed.

A town in Alberta, Canada; the centre of Yellowhead County.


Lamont

Lamont (countable and uncountable, plural Lamonts)

A town in Lamont County, central Alberta, Canada, named after John Henderson Lamont.


Didsbury

Mountain View County
Mountain View County#English

A town in Mountain View County, central Alberta, Canada.


Fairview

The name of many places around the world.

A town in the Peace River Country of Alberta.


Canmore

From Scottish Gaelic ceann mòr (“big head”), the nickname of Malcolm III of Scotland.


Morinville

After Father Morin, a French-speaking oblate missionary who brought French settlers into the area.

A town in Alberta, Canada; suburb of Edmonton.


Drayton Valley

A town in Alberta, Canada, the centre of Brazeau County.


Innisfail

From Inisfail, poetic name of Ireland, from Irish Inis Fáil.


Westlock

Blend of Westgate + Lockhart, surnames of the owners who owned the land where the settlement was built since 1912.
The original unincorporated community east of the present town, established 1902, is named Edson, after the Edgson family, who owned the settlement's land, but is renamed Edison by Irish immigrants after Thomas Edison, because it duplicated with another settlement along the Grand Trunk Railway.

A town in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada; formerly named Edson and Edison.


Blackfalds

A town in central Alberta, Canada, north of Red Deer.


Stony Plain

Uncertain, but two name origins exist:
*The community is named after the Stoney (Nakoda) First Nations, who historically camped in the surrounding area, and;
*According to Dr. James Hector, a geologist on the Palliser Expedition, the town is named after boulders in the area.

A town in Alberta, Canada; the centre of Parkland County.


Fort Macleod

After North-West Mounted Police Colonel James Macleod.


Bon Accord

In Alberta, from French bon accord, the ancient motto of Aberdeen, Scotland, the hometown of its first settler.


Carstairs

From Cumbric *cair (“fort”) + Cumbric Tarras, a river name.


Crossfield

A town in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.


Strathmore

Of Scottish origin; from strath (“a wide, flat river valley”) + mōr (“swamp”).

Wheatland County
Wheatland County#English

A town in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada.


Tofield

Tofield (countable and uncountable, plural Tofields)


Slave Lake

From being a lake named after the Slavey people, from French Esclave, from esclave (“slave”), from Cree term for slaves, from being a Cree exonym for the Slavey people.

Lesser Slave Lake
Lesser Slave Lake#English

Lesser Slave River
Lesser Slave River#English

A town in Lesser Slave, Alberta, Canada, on Lesser Slave Lake, at the head of Lesser Slave River


Stavely

Stavely (countable and uncountable, plural Stavelys)

A town in Southern Alberta, Alberta, Canada.


Cardston

From Card + -s- + -ton, after Charles Ora Card.

A town in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.


Peace River

A reference to the truce by the Cree and the Dane-zaa (Beaver) peoples that made the river (then named Unchagah) the boundary between the conflicting First Nations.
The town is originally named Peace River Crossing, after the river.


Diamond Valley

* (town in Alberta): Blend of Black Diamond + Turner Valley, names of the two towns that were merged to form the new municipality in 2023.

A town in Alberta, Canada; previously the towns of Black Diamond and Turner Valley


aakááapioyis

Fort Macleod (a town in southwest Alberta, Canada)


Bonnyville

A town in east Northern Alberta, Canada.


皮斯河

/pʰi³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/pʰi³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/


奧克托克斯

ㄠˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

(～鎮) Okotoks (a town in Alberta, Canada)


科克倫

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ lu̯ən³⁵/

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ lu̯ən³⁵/

(～鎮) Cochrane (a town in Alberta, Canada)


坎莫爾

/kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～鎮) Canmore (a town in Alberta, Canada)


Pincher Creek

Named for a pair of pincers lost and found in a local creek.


Smoky Lake

Smoky Lake County
Smoky Lake County#English

A town in Smoky Lake County, Alberta, Canada.