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BANFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Banff mean?
• BANFF (noun)
The noun BANFF has 1 sense:
1. a popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies
Familiarity information: BANFF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Banff" is a part of...):
Alberta (one of the three prairie provinces in western Canada; rich in oil and natural gas and minerals)
Context examples
The research examined the history of an exceptional fossil site located at Ya Ha Tinda Ranch in Canada's Banff National Park.
(Fossils may need air to form, National Science Foundation)
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