A town of southwest Alberta, Canada, in the Rocky Mountains near Lake Louise. It is a popular winter resort. Population: 6,700.
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(bămf, bănf) , town (1991 pop. 5,688), SW Alta., Canada, in the Rocky Mts., on the Bow River and the Trans-Canada Highway. A tourist center and winter resort established in the 1880s by the Canadian Pacific Railway, it is the headquarters of Banff National Park and gateway to Lake Louise. The Banff Center for Continuing Education is a noted fine-arts center.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies
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Banff
Banff is a placename originating from Banff in north east Scotland. It is an anglicisation of Banbh(a), an old poetic name for Ireland in Gaelic.
It may refer to:
Canada
- Banff National Park, a national park in Alberta, Canada
- Banff, Alberta, a town in Alberta, Canada
- Banff Mountain Film Festival, a film festival in Banff, Alberta, Canada
- Banff World Television Festival, a television festival in Banff, Alberta, Canada
- Banff Trail, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Scotland
- Banff and Macduff, a former royal burgh in Aberdeenshire (formerly Banffshire), Scotland
- Banffshire (County of Banff), Scotland, a traditional county.
- Bamff, Perth and Kinross
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