Toronto

English

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Etymology

From Mohawk tkaronto (“where trees stand in water”), originally referring to the strait between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Toronto

1. The provincial capital of Ontario, Canada.

Synonyms

• (city): The Big Smoke, Hogtown, Hollywood North, Muddy York (historical nickname), Queen City, T.O., York (former name)

Translations

provincial capital on Ontario, Canada

• Arabic: تورونتو (ar) (turūntu, torontu) m
• Belarusian: Таронта (be) (Tarónta) m
• Bulgarian: Торонто (bg) (Torónto)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多倫多 (cmn), 多伦多 (cmn) (Duōlúnduō)

• Esperanto: Toronto (eo)
• Finnish: Toronto (fi)
• French: Toronto (fr) m
• German: Toronto (de) n
• Greek: Τορόντο, Τορόντο (el) (Torónto)
• Hebrew: טורונטו (he)
• Hindi: टोरंटो (hi) (ṭōraṇṭō)
• Icelandic: Torontó (is)
• Irish: Torontó (ga) m

• Italian: Toronto (it) m
• Japanese: トロント (ja) (Toronto)
• Korean: 토론토 (ko) (Toronto)
• Macedonian: Торонто (mk) (Torónto)
• Marathi: टॉरोंटो (mr) (ṭǒroṃṭo)
• Mongolian: Торонто (mn) (Torónto)
• Persian: تورنتو (fa)
• Portuguese: Toronto (pt) m
• Russian: Торонто (ru) (Torónto) m (indeclinable)
• Serbo-Croatian: Торонто (sh), Toronto (sh)
• Spanish: Toronto (es) m
• Thai: โทรอนโต (th)
• Turkish: Toronto (tr)
• Ukrainian: Торонто (uk) (Torónto) m

Related terms

• Torontonian

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Esperanto

Proper noun

Toronto (accusative Toronton)

1. Toronto

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Japanese

Romanization

Toronto

1. See トロント