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CN Tower

CN Tower proper noun: a communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

cn tower: a communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Proper noun

CN Tower

  1. A communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
    • She thought the CN Tower was ugly up close, but unexpectedly lovely when viewed from airplane windows.2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 205

Origin of CN Tower

Originally short for Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. It was later reinterpreted as Canadian National or Canada's National Tower.

Questions about CN Tower

What does CN Tower mean?
CN Tower means a communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
What part of speech is CN Tower?
CN Tower is a proper noun.

Words near CN Tower in the dictionary

  1. CMYK
  2. CMZ
  3. CMZS
  4. CN
  5. CN gas
  6. CN Tower
  7. CNA
  8. CNAA
  9. CNAs
  10. CNATT
  11. cnawvshawl

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