| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Albany |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Al·ba·ny |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ôl b -n |
| 1. A city of southwest Georgia on the Flint River southeast of Columbus. It is an industrial and processing center in a pecan- and peanut-growing area. Population: 78,122. 2. The capital (since 1797) of New York, in the eastern part of the state on the west bank of the Hudson River at the head of deep-water navigation. The early 17th-century Dutch settlement Fort Orange was renamed Albany when the English took control in 1664. Population: 101,082.
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