Toronto
/təˈɹɒ.nəʊ/ · name
Meaning
- The capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city Canada.
- 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.
- Numerous places in the United States:
- 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.
Etymology / origin
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-.
- *-ɹõt-(iro-nor-pro)→
- tkaronto(moh)→
- Toronto (English)
- Relations: bor, der
Related words
Descendant words
- تورونتو(Arabic) (bor)
- টরন্টো(Bengali) (bor)
- Торонто(Bulgarian) (bor)
- 多倫多(Chinese) (bor)
- 多朗多(Chinese) (bor)
- Toronto(Finnish) (der)
- Τορόντο(Greek) (bor)
- טורונטו(Hebrew) (bor)
- टोरंटो(Hindi) (bor)
- Torontó(Irish) (bor)
- トロント(Japanese) (bor)
- តូរ៉ុនតូ(Khmer) (bor)
- 토론토(Korean) (bor)
- Toronto(Portuguese) (bor)
- โทรอนโต(Thai) (bor)
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