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Ontario

Syllables: On·tar·ioUK/ɒnˈtɛə.ɹi.əʊ/US/ɑnˈtɛəɹ.i.oʊ/

Ontario proper noun: a province in eastern Canada. Capital: Toronto. Also the ellipsis of Ontario County.

Proper noun

Ontario

  1. A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Toronto.
    • In some Canadian provinces - namely Ontario, the largest by population - American booze will be pulled off the shelves indefinitely starting on Tuesday.2025 February 2, Nadine Yousif, “Canadian fans boo US anthem as tariffs spur 'buy local' pledge”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2025
    Synonyms:
    Province of Ontario, Ont., Ont, ON, ON.
  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.
  4. A city in San Bernardino County, California.
  5. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Knox County, Illinois.
  6. An unincorporated community in Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.
  7. A community in Ames, Story County, Iowa.
  8. A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Wayne County, New York.
  9. A city in Richland County, Ohio.
  10. A city in Malheur County, Oregon.
    • Dan Cummings, the community development director in Ontario, Ore., a city of roughly 11,000 people in the eastern part of the state, had spent some early mornings at his office in the days leading up to that clatter. […] Four years earlier, when Oregonians approved Measure 91 to legalize cannabis...2021 February 9, Tony Lange, “The Border-Town Effect: Dispensaries Boom on State Line”, in Cannabis Business Times, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2021
  11. A populated place in North Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  12. A populated place in Charlotte County, Virginia.
  13. A village in Vernon County, Wisconsin.

Also used as

Ontario is also the ellipsis of Ontario County.

Ontario is also the ellipsis of Ontario Township.

Ontario meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Ontario in Hindi

province in eastern Canada
ओन्टारियो onṭāriyo, ओंटेरियो õṭeriyo

Ontario in Tamil

province in eastern Canada
ஒன்றாரியோ oṉṟāriyō

Ontario in Marathi

lake between Ontario province and New York State — see also Lake Ontario
ऑन्टारियो ŏnṭāriyo
province in eastern Canada
ऑन्टारियो ŏnṭāriyo

Ontario in Urdu

province in eastern Canada
انٹاریو oṇṭāriyo
More languagesFewer languages
Ontario in Bengali
অন্টারিও onṭariō
Ontario in Telugu
అంటారియో aṇṭāriyō
Ontario in Malayalam
ഒണ്ടാറിയോ oṇṭāṟiyō
Ontario in Kannada
ಒಂಟಾರಿಯೊ oṇṭāriyo
Ontario in Arabic
أُونْتَارْيُو ʔuntāryū
Ontario in Persian
انتاریو oṇṭâreyo
Ontario in Thai
ทะเลสาบออนแทรีโอ tá-lee-sàap ontaereeoh, รัฐออนแทรีโอ rát ɔɔn-tɛɛ-rii-oo, ออนแทรีโอ ɔɔn-tɛɛ-rii-oo
Ontario in Vietnamese
Ôn-ta-ri-ô
Ontario in Myanmar
အွန်တေးရီးယိုး wante:ri:yui:

Synonyms of Ontario

Origin of Ontario

Probably from Wyandot ontari꞉io (literally “great lake”). If so, ultimately from Proto-North Iroquoian *-õtaɹeʔ and Proto-Iroquoian * -õːtaɹiʔ. The Canadian province and New York county were named after the lake.

Words formed from Ontario

Phrases with Ontario

Questions about Ontario

What does Ontario mean?
Ontario means a province in eastern Canada. Capital: Toronto.
What is Ontario in Hindi?
Ontario in Hindi is ओन्टारियो (onṭāriyo), ओंटेरियो (õṭeriyo). See Ontario meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Ontario?
Ontario is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Ontario?
Ontario is pronounced /ɒnˈtɛə.ɹi.əʊ/ (UK).

Words near Ontario in the dictionary

  1. ontake
  2. ontaken
  3. ontakes
  4. Ontarian
  5. Ontarians
  6. Ontario
  7. Ontario County
  8. Ontario Lacus
  9. Ontario violet
  10. Ontario violets
  11. ontazolast

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Ontario (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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