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ontario

/ɑnˈtɛəɹ.i.oʊ/

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What does ontario mean?

proper noun

  1. A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Toronto.
  2. A large lake in North America, between the Canadian province of Ontario and the American state of New York; one of the Great Lakes.
  3. A village in the Cayo District, Belize.
More meanings (13)

proper noun

  1. A city in San Bernardino County, California.
  2. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Knox County, Illinois.
  3. An unincorporated community in Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.
  4. A community in Ames, Story County, Iowa.
  5. A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Wayne County, New York.
  6. Ellipsis of Ontario County, New York.
  7. A city in Richland County, Ohio.
  8. A city in Malheur County, Oregon.
  9. A populated place in North Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  10. A populated place in Charlotte County, Virginia.
  11. A village in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
  12. Ellipsis of Ontario Township
  13. Ellipsis of Ontario County

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IPA pronunciation

/ɑnˈtɛəɹ.i.oʊ/

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His fate was like that which may be supposed to have overtaken the first adventurous boatman who rowed from Erie to Ontario.
Charles MackayMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #636
Thence we emerged on Lake Ontario, an inland sea; and by half-past six o’clock were at Toronto.
Charles DickensAmerican NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #675
More book examples (3)
Arrived in America, he succeeded in finding employment as assistant surveyor of a tract of land along the Black River, near Lake Ontario.
Samuel SmilesIndustrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool MakersProject Gutenberg ebook #404
Ever since he had been able to run about his own home farm in Ontario his eyes had always been wide open to observe anything new.
Mary Esther Miller MacGregorThe Black-Bearded Barbarian : The Life of George Leslie Mackay of FormosaProject Gutenberg ebook #1759
So seated like Ontario Indians on the gunwales of the boats, we swiftly but silently paddled along; the calm not admitting of the noiseless sails being set.
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701