Toronto

See also: Torontó

English

Etymology

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-.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /təˈɹɒ.nəʊ/, /təˈɹɒn.təʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /təˈɹɑ.noʊ/, /təˈɹɑn.toʊ/, [tʰəˈɹɑ̈ntʰo(ʊ)], [tʰəˈɹɑ̈ɾ̃o(ʊ)]
• (local, MTE) IPA^(key): /təˈɹɑnoʊ/, [tʰəˈɹɑɾ̃ə], [tʰɹɑɾ̃ə], [t͡ʃəˈɹɑno(ʊ)], [t͡ʃɹɑno(ʊ)], [t͡ʃəˈɹɑnə], [t͡ʃɹɑnə], [t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ʷɑɾ̃ə]

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (Canada, informal):

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• Rhymes: -ɒnəʊ, -ɒntəʊ
• Hyphenation: To‧ron‧to

Proper noun

Toronto

2. The capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city Canada.

   Synonyms: The Big Smoke, Hogtown, Hollywood North, (historical) Muddy York, The 6, The North, Queen City, T.O., (former name) York

   • 2022 April 18, Catherine Porter, “A ‘Wild West’ of Marijuana Shops Grows in Toronto”, in The New York Times‎^[3], archived from the original on 22 April 2022:

     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.

   • 2024 November 29, Lex Harvey, “Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations”, in CNN‎^[4]:

     A year earlier, the Canadian leader was seen at a Sikh event in Toronto where separatist flags and posters depicting an extremist Sikh leader killed in a 1984 Indian Army operation were displayed.

4. A lakeside suburb of Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in the local government area of the City of Lake Macquarie.
5. An unincorporated community in the township of Lot 23, Grenville Parish, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
6. A village in County Durham, England.
7. Numerous places in the United States:
   1. A former unincorporated community in Woodside Township, now a suburb of Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.
   2. A ghost town in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
   3. A small town in Clinton County, Iowa.
   4. A tiny city in Woodson County, Kansas, named after Toronto, Ontario.
   5. An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri, named after Toronto, Ontario.
   6. A city in Jefferson County, Ohio, named after Toronto, Ontario.
   7. A small town in Deuel County, South Dakota, named after Toronto, Ontario.

Derived terms

• Toronto Islands

Related terms

• Torontonian

Translations

city in Canada

• Albanian: Toronto
• Arabic: تُورُونْتُو m (tūrūntū)
• Armenian: Տորոնտո (Toronto)
• Azerbaijani: Toronto (az)
• Basque: Toronto
• Belarusian: Таро́нта m (Tarónta)
• Bengali: টরন্টো (bn) (ṭoronṭō)
• Bulgarian: Торо́нто (Torónto)
• Catalan: Toronto m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 多倫多 / 多伦多 (do¹ leon⁴ do¹), 多市 (do¹ si⁵) (short form)

  Hokkien: 多倫多 / 多伦多

  Mandarin: 多倫多 / 多伦多 (zh) (Duōlúnduō), 多市 (zh) (Duōshì) (short form)

• Czech: Toronto (cs) m
• Danish: Toronto
• Dutch: Toronto n
• Esperanto: Toronto
• Estonian: Toronto (et)
• Finnish: Toronto (fi)
• French: Toronto (fr) m
• Georgian: ტორონტო (ṭoronṭo)
• German: Toronto (de) n
• Greek: Τορόντο (el) n (Torónto)
• Hebrew: טוֹרוֹנְטוֹ f (torónto)
• Hindi: टोरंटो (ṭoraṇṭo)
• Hungarian: Toronto (hu)
• Icelandic: Torontó
• Ido: Toronto
• Indonesian: Toronto
• Irish: Torontó m
• Italian: Toronto (it) m
• Japanese: トロント (ja) (Toronto)
• Khmer: តូរ៉ុនតូ (tourontou)
• Korean: 토론토 (toronto)
• Latvian: Toronto f
• Lithuanian: Torontas m
• Macedonian: Торо́нто (Torónto)
• Marathi: टॉरोंटो (ṭŏroṇṭo)
• Mongolian: Торонто (Toronto)
• Navajo: Tsin Biiʼ Tó
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Toronto m

  Nynorsk: Toronto m

• Persian: تورنتو
• Polish: Toronto (pl) m
• Portuguese: Toronto f
• Punjabi: ਟੋਰਾਂਟੋ (ṭorāṇṭo)
• Romanian: Toronto m
• Russian: Торо́нто (ru) m (Torónto)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Торонто

  Roman: Toronto

• Slovak: Toronto m
• Slovene: Toronto m
• Spanish: Toronto (es) m
• Swedish: Toronto
• Thai: โทรอนโต (too-rɔn-dtôo)
• Turkish: Toronto
• Ukrainian: Торо́нто n (Torónto)
• Uzbek: Toronto
• Yiddish: טאָראָנטאָ (toronto)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈronto/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -onto
• Hyphenation: To‧ron‧to

Proper noun

Toronto (accusative Toronton)

1. Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city Canada)
   • 2024 August 4, Andy Blair, “Paralela Universo”, in uea.facila‎^[5], archived from the original on 15 September 2024:

     Laŭ la fondinto de Paralela Universo, Jed Meltzer el Toronto, la celo de la festivalo estas doni al esperantistoj la eblon renkontiĝi persone kaj surloke.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Toronto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoronto/, [ˈt̪o̞ro̞n̪t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -oronto
• Syllabification^(key): To‧ron‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): To‧ron‧to

Proper noun

Toronto

1. Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city Canada)

Declension

Inflection of Toronto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Toronto	—
genitive		Toronton	—
partitive		Torontoa	—
illative		Torontoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Toronto	—
accusative	nom.	Toronto	—
	gen.	Toronton
genitive		Toronton	—
partitive		Torontoa	—
inessive		Torontossa	—
elative		Torontosta	—
illative		Torontoon	—
adessive		Torontolla	—
ablative		Torontolta	—
allative		Torontolle	—
essive		Torontona	—
translative		Torontoksi	—
abessive		Torontotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Toronto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Torontoni — accusative nom. Torontoni — gen. Torontoni genitive Torontoni — partitive Torontoani — inessive Torontossani — elative Torontostani — illative Torontooni — adessive Torontollani — ablative Torontoltani — allative Torontolleni — essive Torontonani — translative Torontokseni — abessive Torontottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Torontosi — accusative nom. Torontosi — gen. Torontosi genitive Torontosi — partitive Torontoasi — inessive Torontossasi — elative Torontostasi — illative Torontoosi — adessive Torontollasi — ablative Torontoltasi — allative Torontollesi — essive Torontonasi — translative Torontoksesi — abessive Torontottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Torontomme — accusative nom. Torontomme — gen. Torontomme genitive Torontomme — partitive Torontoamme — inessive Torontossamme — elative Torontostamme — illative Torontoomme — adessive Torontollamme — ablative Torontoltamme — allative Torontollemme — essive Torontonamme — translative Torontoksemme — abessive Torontottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Torontonne — accusative nom. Torontonne — gen. Torontonne genitive Torontonne — partitive Torontoanne — inessive Torontossanne — elative Torontostanne — illative Torontoonne — adessive Torontollanne — ablative Torontoltanne — allative Torontollenne — essive Torontonanne — translative Torontoksenne — abessive Torontottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Torontonsa — accusative nom. Torontonsa — gen. Torontonsa genitive Torontonsa — partitive Torontoaan Torontoansa — inessive Torontossaan Torontossansa — elative Torontostaan Torontostansa — illative Torontoonsa — adessive Torontollaan Torontollansa — ablative Torontoltaan Torontoltansa — allative Torontolleen Torontollensa — essive Torontonaan Torontonansa — translative Torontokseen Torontoksensa — abessive Torontottaan Torontottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

French

Pronunciation

• (Belgium, France) IPA^(key): /tɔ.ʁɔ̃.to/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Proper noun

Toronto m

1. Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city Canada)
2. Toronto (a lakeside suburb of Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in the local government area of the City of Lake Macquarie)

Hungarian

Teletoon & YTV

Etymology

Borrowed from English Toronto, from Mohawk tkaronto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtorontoː]
• Hyphenation: To‧ron‧to
• Rhymes: -toː

Proper noun

Toronto

1. Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city Canada)

Declension

Inflection of Toronto

	singular	plural
nominative	Toronto	—
accusative	Torontót	—
dative	Torontónak	—
instrumental	Torontóval	—
causal-final	Torontóért	—
translative	Torontóvá	—
terminative	Torontóig	—
essive-formal	Torontóként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Torontóban	—
superessive	Torontón	—
adessive	Torontónál	—
illative	Torontóba	—
sublative	Torontóra	—
allative	Torontóhoz	—
elative	Torontóból	—
delative	Torontóról	—
ablative	Torontótól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Torontóé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Torontóéi	—

Possessive forms of Toronto

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Torontóm	—
2nd person sing.	Torontód	—
3rd person sing.	Torontója	—
1st person plural	Torontónk	—
2nd person plural	Torontótok	—
3rd person plural	Torontójuk	—

Derived terms

• torontói

Japanese

Romanization

Toronto

1. Rōmaji transcription of トロント

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Toronto, from Mohawk tkaronto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈɾõ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈɾõ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈɾõ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈɾõ.tu/

• Hyphenation: To‧ron‧to

Proper noun

Toronto ?

1. Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city Canada)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔrɔntɔ]

Proper noun

Toronto n (genitive singular Toronta, declension pattern of mesto)

1. Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city Canada)

References

• “Toronto”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈɾonto/ [t̪oˈɾõn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -onto
• Syllabification: To‧ron‧to

Proper noun

Toronto m

1. Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city Canada)

Derived terms

• torontoniano