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
- 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
- A large lake in North America, between the Canadian province of Ontario and the American state of New York; one of the Great Lakes.
- Synonyms:
- Lake Ontario, Lake America
- A village in the Cayo District, Belize.
- A city in San Bernardino County, California.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Knox County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.
- A community in Ames, Story County, Iowa.
- A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Wayne County, New York.
- A city in Richland County, Ohio.
- 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
- A populated place in North Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
- A populated place in Charlotte County, Virginia.
- 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
- Province of Ontario
- Ont.
- Ont
- ON
- ON.
- Lake Ontario
- Lake America
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
- Lake Ontario
- Ontarian
- Ontario County
- Ontario Lacus
- Ontario Township
- Ontario violet
- Province of Ontario
- ON
- ON.
- Ont.
- Ont
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
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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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-ca-Ontario.ogg.
Cite this entry: “Ontario.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ontario. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
