Ontario

  1. A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Toronto.
  2. A large lake in North America, between the Canadian province of Ontario and the American state of New York; one of the Great Lakes; Lake Ontario.
  3. A village in the Cayo District, Belize.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɒnˈtɛə.ɹi.əʊ/
Etymology

Probably from Wyandot ontari꞉io (literally “great lake”). If so, ultimately from Proto-North Iroquoian *-õtaɹeɁ and Proto-Iroquoian * -õːtaɹiɁ.

Related words

Ontario

Ontario

Οντάριο

Ontario

Lac Ontario

lac Ontario

Llac Ontàrio

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