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A: Calgary is a Scottish Name "Calgary (Argyll & Bute) and South Calgary by association. Calgary was the name suggested by Colonel James Macleod in 1876 for the fort that had been built a year earlier. Colonel Macleod's relatives owned a small castle in Scotland called Calgary House, located on Calgary Bay on the Isle of Mull (Argyll & Bute). According to the Wikipedia Encyclopedia article on Calgary (Alberta), Calgary in Scotland takes its name from two Gaelic words, 'Cala-ghearraidh', meaning 'beach of the pasture'. "