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troutman · 10-13-2004, 04:15 PM

I think most people in conversation here say CAL-GREE and CAL-GAIR-EE-UN (or CAL-GAIR-EE-YUN).

HyperDictionary:

Pronunciation: 'kalguree

Factmonster: [kăl'gurē]

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/calgary/calgary.htm

Originally established in 1875 as a fort by a contingent of the Northwest Mounted Police, Calgary has grown from a frontier settlement to a world class city. In 1876 A.G.Irvine, Assistant Commissioner of the NWMP, officially named the fort Calgary, after Calgary Bay on Scotland's Isle of Mull as suggested by his colleague Colonel James F. Macleod who had ancestral connections to the Scottish Bay.

http://www.calgary-castle.com/

In 2003 Calgary Bay was voted one of the Top 50 beaches in the World.

http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/mb06.html#cala

cala, caladh
a harbour, Irish caladh, Middle Irish calad. It is usual to correlate this with It. cala, French cale, bay, cove (Diez, Thurneysen, Windisch), and Stokes even says the Gaelic and Irish words are borrowed from a Romance *calatum, It. calata, cala, French cale, cove. More probably the Celtic root is qel, qal, hide, as in English hollow, Middle English holh, hollow, cave, also English hole, possibly. the root of cladh, has also been suggested.

http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/Manx/mx20.html#garey%20gib

garey
garden, allotment, arbour

http://www.trailofthegreatbear.com/calgary...y_stampede.html

Founded and named in 1875 by Colonel James Macleod of the scarlet coated Northwest Mounted Police, Calgary is Gaelic for "bay farm".

http://www.albertaplacenames.ca/300_names_...ons/calgary.htm

But what about the name itself? On the Isle of Mull, Scotland, Col. Macleod's sister, through marriage, was related to a family who owned a small castle. James Macleod had visited it years before and decided to remember it in the name of the Fort. The Blackfoot name for Calgary was moll-inistsis-in-aka-apewis, “elbow many houses,” and the Cree name is O-toos-kwa-nik, translating to “elbow house.” Both refer to the Elbow River. Of this we are sure.

What the word Calgary means has been the subject of heated debate. For decades people relied on an explanation found in a letter from Colonel Irvine to the Deputy Minister of Justice Bernard, dated February 29, 1876: “Colonel Macleod has suggested the name of Calgary which I believe in Scotch means clear running water, a very appropriate name, I think.” This explanation was refuted in a 1976 pamphlet produced by the Glenbow Museum in Calgary. In the booklet, a good case was made for the meaning “enclosed pasture by the bay,” or “bay farm.”

10-13-2004, 04:15 PM	#7
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	I think most people in conversation here say CAL-GREE and CAL-GAIR-EE-UN (or CAL-GAIR-EE-YUN). HyperDictionary: Pronunciation: 'kalguree Factmonster: [kăl'gurē] http://collections.ic.gc.ca/calgary/calgary.htm Originally established in 1875 as a fort by a contingent of the Northwest Mounted Police, Calgary has grown from a frontier settlement to a world class city. In 1876 A.G.Irvine, Assistant Commissioner of the NWMP, officially named the fort Calgary, after Calgary Bay on Scotland's Isle of Mull as suggested by his colleague Colonel James F. Macleod who had ancestral connections to the Scottish Bay. http://www.calgary-castle.com/ In 2003 Calgary Bay was voted one of the Top 50 beaches in the World. http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/mb06.html#cala cala, caladh a harbour, Irish caladh, Middle Irish calad. It is usual to correlate this with It. cala, French cale, bay, cove (Diez, Thurneysen, Windisch), and Stokes even says the Gaelic and Irish words are borrowed from a Romance calatum, It. calata, cala, French cale, cove. More probably the Celtic root is qel, qal, hide, as in English hollow, Middle English holh, hollow, cave, also English hole, possibly. the root of cladh, has also been suggested. http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/Manx/mx20.html#garey%20gib garey* garden, allotment, arbour http://www.trailofthegreatbear.com/calgary...y_stampede.html Founded and named in 1875 by Colonel James Macleod of the scarlet coated Northwest Mounted Police, Calgary is Gaelic for "bay farm". http://www.albertaplacenames.ca/300_names_...ons/calgary.htm But what about the name itself? On the Isle of Mull, Scotland, Col. Macleod's sister, through marriage, was related to a family who owned a small castle. James Macleod had visited it years before and decided to remember it in the name of the Fort. The Blackfoot name for Calgary was moll-inistsis-in-aka-apewis, “elbow many houses,” and the Cree name is O-toos-kwa-nik, translating to “elbow house.” Both refer to the Elbow River. Of this we are sure. What the word Calgary means has been the subject of heated debate. For decades people relied on an explanation found in a letter from Colonel Irvine to the Deputy Minister of Justice Bernard, dated February 29, 1876: “Colonel Macleod has suggested the name of Calgary which I believe in Scotch means clear running water, a very appropriate name, I think.” This explanation was refuted in a 1976 pamphlet produced by the Glenbow Museum in Calgary. In the booklet, a good case was made for the meaning “enclosed pasture by the bay,” or “bay farm.”