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.[1] Compare karón:ta (“tree”) from Proto-North Iroquoian *-ɹõt-.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /təˈɹɑn(t)oʊ/, [tʰəˈɹɑ̈ntʰo(ʊ)], [tʰəˈɹɑ̈ɾ̃o(ʊ)]
- (local, MTE) IPA(key): /təˈɹɑnoʊ/, [tʰəˈɹɑɾ̃ə], [tʰɹɑɾ̃ə], [t͡ʃəˈɹɑno(ʊ)], [t͡ʃɹɑno(ʊ)], [t͡ʃəˈɹɑnə], [t͡ʃɹɑnə], [t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ʷɑɾ̃ə]
Audio (Canada, informal): (file) [2] Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: To‧ron‧to
Proper noun
Toronto
- The capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city in Canada.
- 2022 April 18, Catherine Porter, “A ‘Wild West’ of Marijuana Shops Grows in Toronto”, in The New York Times[3]:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Synonyms
- (city in Canada): The Big Smoke, Hogtown, Hollywood North, Muddy York (historical nickname), The 6, The North, Queen City, T.O., York (former name)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
city in Canada
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References
- ^ Gray, Jeff (17 October 2003) “A defining moment for tkaronto”, in The Globe and Mail[1], retrieved 23 September 2022
- ^ Gallinger, Zack, Motskin, Arik (1 June 2018) “This is How Canada Talks”, in The 10 and 3[2], retrieved 23 September 2022
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toˈronto/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -onto
- Hyphenation: To‧ron‧to
Proper noun
Toronto (accusative Toronton)
- Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city in Canada)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoronto/, [ˈt̪o̞ro̞n̪t̪o̞]
- Rhymes: -oronto
- Syllabification(key): To‧ron‧to
- Hyphenation(key): To‧ron‧to
Proper noun
Toronto
- Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city in Canada)
Declension
| Inflection of Toronto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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| 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. | ||
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French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Toronto m
- Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city in Canada)
- Toronto (a lakeside suburb of Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in the local government area of the City of Lake Macquarie)
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English Toronto, from Mohawk tkaronto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtorontoː]
- Hyphenation: To‧ron‧to
- Rhymes: -toː
Proper noun
Toronto
- Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city in Canada)
Declension
| 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 | — |
| 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
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English Toronto, from Mohawk tkaronto.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /toˈɾõ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /toˈɾõ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuˈɾõ.tu/
- Hyphenation: To‧ron‧to
Proper noun
Toronto ?
- Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city in Canada)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɔrɔntɔ]
Proper noun
Toronto n (genitive singular Toronta, declension pattern of mesto)
- Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city in 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/
Proper noun
Toronto m
- Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city in Canada)