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| Alberta |
a Canadian province located between Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Its capital is Edmonton. |
| B.C.2 |
abbreviation of "British Columbia," a Canadian province on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. |
| British Columbia |
British Columbia is one of the ten provinces of Canada. A province is an area of land that is one part of a country. Each province has its own capital. |
| Yukon |
a territory of northwest Canada. It borders Alaska on the west, British Columbia on the South, the Northwest Territories on the east, and the Arctic Ocean on the north. Its capital is Whitehorse. [1/2 definitions] |
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