Ontario

//ɒnˈtɛə.ɹi.əʊ// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Toronto.

    "In some Canadian provinces - namely Ontario, the largest by population - American booze will be pulled off the shelves indefinitely starting on Tuesday."

  2. 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. 3
    A village in the Cayo District, Belize.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in San Bernardino County, California.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Knox County, Illinois.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A community in Ames, Story County, Iowa.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Wayne County, New York.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; Ellipsis of Ontario County, New York. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Richland County, Ohio.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Malheur County, Oregon.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A populated place in North Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A populated place in Charlotte County, Virginia.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Vernon County, Wisconsin.

Etymology

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

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