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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈɹɒn(t)oʊ/, [tʰəˈɹɒntʰo(ʊ)], [tʰəˈɹɒɾ̃o(ʊ)], [tʰəˈɹɒɾ̃ə]

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• Hyphenation: To‧ron‧to

Proper noun

Toronto

1. The largest city in Canada, and the capital of Ontario.
2. A suburb of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales.
3. A city in Ohio.
4. A village in County Durham, England.
5. A city in Kansas.
6. A town in South Dakota.
7. A town in Iowa.
8. A community of Prince Edward Island.
9. An unincorporated community in Illinois.
10. An unincorporated community in Missouri.
11. A ghost town in Indiana.

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• Torontonian

Translations

city in Canada

• Albanian: Toronto
• Arabic: تُورُونْتُو m (turūntū), تُورُونْتُو m (torontū)
• Armenian: Տորոնտո (Toronto)
• Basque: Toronto
• Belarusian: Таро́нта m (Tarónta)
• Bulgarian: Торо́нто (Torónto)
• Catalan: Toronto m
• Chinese:

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

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

  Min Nan: 多倫多／多伦多, 多伦多 (To-lûn-to)

• 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
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• Italian: Toronto (it) m
• Japanese: トロント (Toronto)
• Korean: 토론토 (toronto)
• Latvian: Toronto f
• Lithuanian: Torontas m
• Macedonian: Торо́нто (Torónto)
• Marathi: टॉरोंटो (ṭŏroṇṭo)
• Mongolian: Торонто (Toronto)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Toronto m

  Nynorsk: Toronto m

• Persian: تورنتو
• Polish: Toronto (pl) m
• Portuguese: Toronto f
• 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 m (Torónto)
• Yiddish: טאָראָנטאָ (toronto)

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Esperanto

Proper noun

Toronto (accusative Toronton)

1. Toronto

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoronto/, [ˈt̪o̞ro̞n̪t̪o̞]

Proper noun

Toronto

1. Toronto (Canadian city)

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 — —

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Japanese

Romanization

Toronto

1. Rōmaji transcription of トロント

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Toronto, from Mohawk tkaronto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to.ˈɾõ.tu/

Proper noun

Toronto f

1. Toronto (a city, the provincial capital of Ontario, Canada)