Toronto
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Toronto
- /təˈɹɒ.nəʊ/ UK
- /təˈɹɒn.təʊ/ UK
- /təˈɹɑ.noʊ/ US
- /təˈɹɑn.toʊ/ US
- [tʰəˈɹɑ̈ntʰo(ʊ)] US
- [tʰəˈɹɑ̈ɾ̃o(ʊ)] US
- /təˈɹɑnoʊ/
- [tʰəˈɹɑɾ̃ə]
- [tʰɹɑɾ̃ə]
- [t͡ʃəˈɹɑno(ʊ)]
- [t͡ʃɹɑno(ʊ)]
- [t͡ʃəˈɹɑnə]
- [t͡ʃɹɑnə]
- [t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ʷɑɾ̃ə]
Rhymes with -ɒnəʊ, -ɒntəʊ
Where it comes from
From Mohawk tkaronto (“where trees stand in water”), originally referring to the strait between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching. Compare karón꞉ta (“tree”) from Proto-North Iroquoian *-ɹõt-.
proper noun
- The capital city of Ontario, Canada and the largest city in Canada. As Toronto slowly comes back to life after two years of repeated lockdowns and closures, the wreckage of the pandemic is surfacing like cigarette butts in melted snow drifts.
- A lakeside suburb of Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in the local government area of the City of Lake Macquarie.
- An unincorporated community in the township of Lot 23, Grenville Parish, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- A village in County Durham, England.
- A former unincorporated community in Woodside Township, now a suburb of Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.
- A ghost town in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
- A small town in Clinton County, Iowa.
- A tiny city in Woodson County, Kansas, named after Toronto, Ontario.
- An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri, named after Toronto, Ontario.
- A city in Jefferson County, Ohio, named after Toronto, Ontario.
- A small town in Deuel County, South Dakota, named after Toronto, Ontario.
